From the fiend in the glen..The anguished triple curse was as old as Evil itself..Born in that dark and magical past, breathing through the centuries, it burst now from the hideous lips of Fergus Trayle, hermit of Black Loch, thwarted in his lust for the beautiful maid servant of Sir Alistair Rathlaw--The sun would blot out, a kelpie would return to Scotland-- and the Rathlaw clan would vanish from the earth! Only the Guardians vowing war against all the malignant forces of the supernatural, could aid Sir Alistair in his desperate plight. From the hermit's shabby hut, secret divinations would lead The Guardians to modern Glasgow, where suave, sophisticated Cosmo Trayle pursued his vile brother's aim.