The small American town of Malcsa-Point attracts tourists every day who want to see the legendary HOUSE OF MONSTERS. That’s not surprising, since in this gloomy building built in the Victorian style, mysterious bloody murders have been taking place for about a century—crimes attributed to an unknown Monster. It is at this very place that the novel’s main characters, Richard Laymon, are destined to meet: the hired killer Judgement and his partner Larry, along with Donna Hayes and her 12-year-old daughter, whom a bloodthirsty maniac is hunting relentlessly.