Rookie private investigator Archer Bowman is trying to wrap up his very first official case when an elderly doctor solicits his services in finding a thirteen-year-old boy, a child prodigy named Randy, whos been missing for a week. At the same time, Archers girlfriend is being stalked by a mysterious stranger, and someone has just tried to kill Archer with a red Dodge pickup truck. In addition, Archer sees a very tall bald man at the scene of the attempted accident. Has Archer seen him before? Is the bald man involved somehow in the bizarre events that have led Archer from a desolate spot in the California desert to an impossible complex filled with mystery, magic, and mayhem? Is this newbie private eye up to the task of solving these small puzzles, or will they prove too much for his inexperienced mind to handle?