When Ed is pulled back to Lomax by a desperate plea from his friend and mentor, James Allen, he finds trouble brewing in town. In narrow alleyways, between makeshift corrugated iron shacks,  men gather to whisper that the miners' union is unable to tackle the mine owner, Lucky Lomax, who is hell bent on increasing efficiency at the expense of jobs and pay. They need Bismarck and Kojo, men who have proved they can outwit him. Lomax township is about to explode, and all that's required is a spark. Then the Wolf Man arrives