Over the past several years, Tony Mandolin has had dealings with the Devil, old slew-foot himself. During those times the guy with the red skin and horns has wound up on the losing end, but in their last encounter the Devil lost one of his lieutenants, permanently and now he is pissed, to say the least.

Tony had been dropped into the fairy tale world by someone Lucifer would prefer you not mention, and while there, San Francisco's only PI of the weird managed to thoroughly mess up a scheme that had been millennia in the making, so now, even if it gets him a shortcut to the pit of fire, the Devil wants his pound of flesh, plus about another 200. And then there's this giant walking, talking Teddy Bear...