In "this parody of the 19th century mystery," a single mother seeks vengeance on the husband who humiliated and abandonded her. When the son she bore grows to manhood, she sends him on the trail of her husband. Her goal is to find him and torment him. The son has gifted powers that give him uncanny detective abilities. The tracking of his father leads him to a California mining camp where he has an extraordinary encounter.

"Unabridged literature masterworks." Title from container. Compact disc.