Prohibition-era Chicago hides a secret far darker than lawless merriment… A strange favor to a millionaire industrialist gets out of control when John is ordered to safeguard his petulant daughter against a mysterious and violent stalker that followed them home from Vienna.

The deceptively simple task goes off the rails immediately, becoming a deadly cat and mouse struggle between the fearsome metal automaton and an evil older than civilization itself.

With all of Chicago caught in the crossfire.

As an abhorrent plan ticks closer to fruition, and bodies pile up by the dozen, the girl’s only hope depends on the lesser of two evils emerging victorious.