A major pop sensation in the United States, Candice is fourteen going on thirty-four and a cocaine abuser. To avoid being taken into protective care, she is sent to live with her uncle in London, unaware he is deep undercover unmasking a serial killer.

When Ainslie's pet rabbit began talking to him, he thought he'd finally discovered a true friend. Or, he had slipped into insanity. Before he can decide which, the school science department transfers Beatrice to an animal research laboratory. He and his friend Frank break in to rescue her.

Ainslie and Candice become entangled in the world of bio-piracy and blood sacrifice, and only Beatrice can help them.