"Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son """"born of the mask"""", he discovers just how looney child raising can be."

Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan.

A detective and a psychoanalyst uncover evidence of a satanic cult while investigating the rape of a young woman.