Montreal 1970. The Vampire Killer' has murdered three women and a fourth is missing. Bombs explode in the stock exchange, McGill University and houses in Westmount. Riots break out at the St. Jean Baptiste parade and at Sir George Williams University. James Cross and Pierre Laporte are kidnapped and the Canadian army moves onto the streets of Montreal. Constable Eddie Dougherty, the son of a French mother and an Irish-Canadian father, finds himself almost alone hunting the serial killer, as the rest of the force focuses on the FLQ crisis.'