"It is true that I have just sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer."Daniel Upton's relationship with his friend Edward Derby is abruptly changed when Edward becomes romantically involved with Asenath Waite, a hypnotist with an odd reputation. As Edward's behavior becomes more erratic and events unexplainable, Daniel investigates.Is it madness...or something far more terrifying?