Gabriel Cushing (David Curtis) and Melanie Lancley (Vicki Glover) fight demons, and they're good at it. Really good. With Gabriel's knowledge and intuition and Melanies tenacity there's nothing they can't overcome. When Gabriel gets a mysterious call from an old friend of his father's, Dr Albert Parker, they head off to investigate, but when they arrive, Dr Parker is missing and so are several other people. Something is praying on the unsuspecting people of South Western, something unnatural. The Carnival of Sorrows has come to town. Jenny Marwick is struggling to get by after the loss of her mother. It's hard enough coping with college and losing touch with her friends but now she's hearing creepy music and having weird dreams. When Gabriel and Melanie rescue Jenny from a terrifying beast the three become bound together on a quest to unravel the mystery. As they delve deeper they reveal the Carnival's disturbing past and frightening portents of its future. Their every step hounded by demonic clowns, freakish living dolls and other twisted creatures, they must hurry to unlock the secret to stopping the troupe forever. And Gabriel will learn, the hardest demons to face are your own.