With the penetration of the earth’s defenses by the death monster, the city and valley are devastated. They struggle to discover how to reweave Earth’s broken sacred protection barrier, but they cannot seal it shut until they somehow coax her back through it. Evading the death monster’s touch which can kill with fear on contact, various characters, even ghostly ones, work together to deceive her. These intricate activities and conflicting interests reveal the intertwined character of all those living in the city and the valley – or dying there.