Two actor performances in the style of a scene out of a movie.
It is the year 1991, and the villainous, blood-thirsty sadist Tony Caulfield, who pursued our heroes across the globe in the first volume, is only eleven years old, and not a monster. Not yet. Four stories, where psychological horror butts heads with raucous comedy and savage erotica, four stories that unearth the grotesque roots of the mystery that is Maranatha.
Once when Tony was reading his books on the top ledge of the barn, he found Puck, his family's groundskeeper, with a male prostitute. Instead of turning the doberman in, Puck convinced the young cougar to accept a promise of a future favour. Tony's father Troy has become an angry, violent drunk ever since losing his career, and when one night he beats his wife and child for trying to escape into the night, young Tony finally knows what he wants from the the secret-harboring groundskeeper.
Raymond is a hitrat for the infamous Rodini crime family out of New York. But when his brother conspires to get rid of the don, the loyal Raymond is the first to go. Lacking the heart to kill him, his brother shoves Raymond down an unused pipe in the sewer system, getting rid of him. But when Raymond wakes up, he finds himself someplace very far from New York, where his streetwise style clashes with the saccharine locals.
In order to get back to New York, the wise Mr. Owl has told Raymond he needs stones from the deepest caves. He gives Raymond a wand to protect himself, only when the rat shows up and faces a hideous monster guarding the cave entrance, he can't get the wand to do anything. Barely escaping with his life, the rat barges into Mr. Owl's tree, demanding an explanation.