Jack Boniface returns from a battle beyond space-time to the Louisiana bayou, only to lose his lover in the process. But he'll also lose his housekeeper in the swamp's fetid waters if Shadowman can't save her from a backwoods cannibal family!Returning from the Unity Conflict, Jack realizes that he has lost Elya forever. Worse yet, N'Dour has been killed and Nettie is nowhere to be found. Returning to his home, Jack is summoned by Paul N'Dour's wife, who informs him that a family of inbred killers living in the bayou is holding Nettie captive. But as black-hearted as these murderers are, they have never seen anything as fearsome as the enraged onslaught of Shadowman!Death of Mr. N'Dour.