Reverend Vincent faces a primitive man called Kadaitcha who it seems can climb an invisible rope from earth to sky, travel through dimensions and control life and death.

It is said that a man destroys himself and ever since the Garden of Eden, women, so this story goes, have been of enormous help. Bored with life, Alvin seeks help from a mystic, Dr. Gornak---and finds life dull no longer.

An ancient, accursed schooner and its evil master sail on a course of vengeance.