Weiss' assistant ignores all warnings of caution to help his boss find Wyatt and capture Foy. Weiss hunts Julie even though he knows he’s being followed and could lead the killer to Julie. He hopes by doing this he is being followed and could lead the killer to Julie, hopes by doing this that he can bring the Shadowman into the open. The Shadowman is a killer for hire, John Foy.

Bishop travels from San Francisco to paradise, California to the heat-baked deserts of Nevada and Arizona in his efforts to find the Shadowman. He had been arrested for helping a criminal escape. When he is released Bishops forced to go to a mob chieftain for help when he learns Shadowman is planning to kill Weiss. In the Arizona desert, he has a showdown wit the killer.

Damnation Street is a relentless tale of suspense. Three are areas of darkness and light; a mixture of horror and humor, with a certain sense of despair. The characters are quirky but nonetheless real. If you haven’t read the previous novels, you are missing many elements of what has gone before.