A passenger boards a country bus, but when it arrives he is no longer on board. Only his bus pass can be found, and nobody remembers seeing him get off the bus. A passenger boards a small commuter aircraft but when it arrives he is no longer on board. Only his briefcase can be found and passengers cannot leave an aircraft whilst it is in flight.. The only thing in common is they both died some hours before they were seen boarding the bus and the commuter aircraft. The last thing newly-appointed Vicar, Bahati Barnikel, expected was to find herself confronting the Powers of Darkness in a quiet Hampshire village. The Church knew that something was wrong, that some diabolical plan was in the wind, and chose their champion with care. Now its up to her to save the village and its inhabitants, but the enemy is closer at hand than she imagines.