Three children have been lost to the world, horrifically murdered. The crimes seem to be linked to those carried out by a serial killer — from the previous century... In this sequel to The Talisman, Jack Sawyer is now in his late thirties and has taken early retirement from the LAPD, retreating to a small town in Wisconsin. He has no memory of his adventures as a twelve-year-old boy, when he travelled into a parallel universe in search of the talisman that would save his mother's life. Now, with the attacks on the three children, Jack is forced out of retirement. But there is more to these cases than murder, and Jack must retrieve his childhood memories if he is to rescue the latest victim...