Cassandra Perry

Joanna Summerskill, une jeune journaliste, assiste impuissante à la mort étrange et abominable d'un adolescent. Sa seule piste :Terry, la petite amie de la victime, dont elle retrouve la trace dans un nightclub. Terry lui révèle que la clé du mystère se trouve dans une mystérieuse boîte, qu'elle lui confie. Cette boîte, qu'aucun mortel ne devrait jamais ouvrir, peut apporter plaisir et souffrance. Elle est la preuve du retour sur Terre de créatures venues de l'Au-delà, et qui ont déjà semé la terreur…

A property dispute between two neighbors sheds light on shared hardships.

Henry Baltimore was the first African American drum major of the Michigan State Spartan Marching Band. In 1973, Henry was robbed at gunpoint in his apartment. The two African American men who robbed him tied him to his bed and pistol-whipped him. One of the men was identified as Roy Davis from Flint, Michigan. Henry reported the crime to the police, but when the arraignment hearing came around, Henry did not show up. His car was at his apartment, but Henry himself was nowhere to be found.