The ritual murder of Teddy Morden convinces Colonel Verney that the Soviets have harnessed occult powers Fearing for world peace, he appoints Barney Sullivan to uncover their secrets, while Mary Morden, bent on avenging her husband's fearful end, appoints herself Though Barney is trained to face the grim possibility of torture and death, nothing can prepare Mary for her ordeal of initiation to the abhorent and diabolical Brotherhood of the Ram