Sydney Police are on high alert, as a cannibal serial killer is reported to have escaped the clutches of the New York Police and fled to Sydney, and, as a terrifying pattern of murders of young women begins in the city, their worst fears are confirmed. With very few clues and a sketchy suspect profile, it is down to Detective Guy John Shayd, aided by his psychic girlfriend and the Detective in charge of the case in the States, to track down their man before further atrocities are committed. Constantly one step behind the killer in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, their only hope is that Slaughterman's overconfidence with lead to his downfall and eventual capture.