Leonard Watch, un aspirante a Fotógrafo ordinariao, se traslada a Hellsalem's Lot, una ciudad creada por la intersección de mundos en los que la ciudad de Nueva York estuvo una vez, ya través de una serie de coincidencias afortunadas, es reclutado por la sociedad secreta llamada "Libra".

Mientras Zapp convierte el trabajo de entregas de pizzas de Leo en un infierno viviente, notan una furgoneta de limpieza en seco que es más de lo que parece ser. Cuando Leo es secuestrado, el resto del equipo Libra deben trabajar juntos para rescatarlo de sus secuestradores.

Cuando el presidente es atacado por un hombre bajo la influencia de una droga sintética de gran alcance llamada Ángel Scale, Klaus y K.K. viajan a la alterworld para desafiar una gran rueda Beyondian a un juego de Prosfair con el fin de descubrir la fuente de la droga.

Leo ve a una persona con un aura en forma de ala carmesí, a quien Klaus posteriormente determina que es uno de los vampiros pura sangre. Poco después, el experto en vampiros "Lucky" Abrams llega a la ciudad para usar la visión de Leo y aprender más sobre la amenaza de los pura sangre.

While out buying lunch for Zapp and himself, Leo befriends a mushroom-like Beyondian named Nej, who has a craving for hamburgers, but is unable to buy them from the segregated 42nd Street quarter where they are sold.

Chasing down a rescue request from Zapp, Klaus and Leo find themselves in an underground cage-fighting arena, with Klaus winding up in the ring. Black and Leo hit it off over lunch at the diner, and learn that they have much in common.

As Zapp's profligate lifestyle starts catching up with him, word comes in that a Blood Breed attack is coming to Hellsalem's Lot, but that someone outside of Libra is also involved. Black speaks to White about their relationship with Leo.

While a crowd looks on, an airplane attempting to fly into Hellsalem's Lot carries Jugei's junior pupil--and the top half of the Blood Breed Libra was fighting! The King of Despair continues setting his plan in motion. The Libra team gains a new member.

Zapp, Leo, and Zed embark upon a quest to find an agreeable restaurant at which to have lunch. Klaus, Starphase, and Abrams meet with the League of High Order Spirituals to confer about their concerns pertaining to the barrier surrounding the city.

Growing up on their parents' ranch, White struggles with being the only member of her family without the gift of psychic abilities, while Black is reluctant to stick up for himself and develop his own powers to their fullest.

The members of Libra gather to defend Leo as he rushes to reach the King of Despair in order to confront him, not only for Black and White's sake, but to save the city as well.