A family moves to their new home, the Shale Lantern. An old lighthouse made of black shale atop the cliff from which it was built. It is renowned for many shipwrecks upon its ragged coast and is said if you stand on the edge you can hear the scream of drowning sailors upon the rocks. One stormy evening a ship wrecks upon the coast and the family must make a life or death decision.

A cave-in gives the archaeologist time to explore the tomb while awaiting rescue by his compatriots. With only the fire of the torch to illuminate the ruins and artifacts the archaeologist discovers a magnificent sarcophagus. But, while exploring in the shadows he also discovers that he is not alone.

He was tired and the road long and weary. The storm didn't help much either. His broken mind struggling to keep sane can't remember if he was running from something or about to do it. Glaring in the mirror was the deed in the bed of his truck. He thought he'd bury it. But when picking-up a stranded girl his paranoia grows. Has the ghost of one of his victims come to bury him?

War is on the horizon, at great risk British intelligence have smuggled a chemical out of the Empire of Germany, so important is the success of this mission to America its care is charged with the greatest ship captain alive to command the most unsinkable ship ever built. But, when the chemical is released in the bowls of the Titanic the hard choice is made to sink the unsinkable.

Surviving the war was supposed to be the hard part. But, when the remaining police and government spend more time arresting people for stealing food than investigating a suicide cult throwing "end of the world parties" a group of vigilantes following a mysterious figure called only "The Law Giver" must fight to restore law and order and save humanity as they once knew it.