Brampton, Iowa. A quiet, peaceful, sunlit place, where children play happily in the streets and shopkeepers know all their customers by name. Brampton's secrets are well hidden. The dark man is coming … Mister Magister. Clad all in black, proprietor of a shooting gallery unlike any Brampton has ever seen. Cut out of darkness, filled with universal night, Mister Magister comes to Brampton on a golden autumn day. To test its soul. And find it wanting. The dark time is coming ….