<b><i>The Story So Far</b>

Most people think Mark Harrigan is crazy. They can't
blame him if he is - he's back from the war, he's
seen things no man should see, and there's plenty
who came back broken in body or spirit. But Harrigan
came back in one piece, all right. He had Sophie.

Sophie believed him, she believed when he wrote
her about the things he saw - not the men killing
other men, but the other things, the monsters. She
believed, and that was enough to keep him sane in
the trenches, enough to keep him alive.

Then he came home and went to visit Sophie, and
he found out that the reason she believed him was
thhat she had one of the creatures inside her, eating
her from the inside out. As he watched in helpless
horror, she faded away into the air, screaming as the
thing finished its meal.

Now everyone thinks Mark Harrigan is crazy. Maybe
he is. Maybe he's finally lost it. But he knows the
monsters are real and they're here, and he's got to
stop them. As he crouches down in front of the altar
in South Church, he prays for Sophie's soul, and he
prays for forgiveness for the many, many sins he's
about to commit all over this godforsaken town.</i>