Ever since Everest Porter found his mother hanging from a noose when he was twelve, his belief in humanity fractured. Now at age thirty, working as a customer service representative and living in the projects in Queens, his outlook is bleak at best. Every interaction he has, whether it is with his overbearing boss, his clueless co-workers, the dregs living in his neighborhood, only serves to reinforce his belief that there's no hope for the human race...until he sees her. In "Stalker", Everest witnesses this remarkably beautiful woman perform one of the few acts of kindness towards a needy stranger he has seen in years, and the memory of that kindness awakens something in him that he thought was lost forever, hope. He resolves to find out more about this woman until eventually the darkness that has eroded his mind and soul over the years begin to take hold over him and drive him into a dangerous obsession - all without her knowing that he's watching her every move. As he secretly delves deeper into her life, his own begins to unravel until one day, imagining her to be in danger and himself as her protector, he takes matters into his own hands with life-altering results.