In a bleak dreamscape, a sword-wielding barbarian naked V''Ark is kidnapping women from the waking world to serve as part of his harem. Painkiller Jane is asked to investigate a hypnotherapist specializing in sleep disorders after his patients begin lapsing into comas, Meanwhile, 18-year old Ariel Chylde is drawn into the Nightmare Realm, where both she and Jane become prisoners of the deviant predator and his monstrous minions. Another power watches from the shadows, with its own designs for the two anti-heroines as well as for the Nightmare Realm.