James Dreiblatt is a Jesuit priest, ostensibly installed at a diocese as a junior priest and youth counselor, his position covers his real duties; to investigate and eliminate all things which threaten the souls of the faithful. One of many Red Right Hands, Father Dreiblatt is one of the last Crusaders and the last of the American Dreiblatt line, something his family is quite unhappy about. Book one of five.