Salem Strom a confederate captain during the civil war returns home only to be branded and killed by his father who blames him for losing the war but he is brought back to life by Old Ben a slave on his father plantation and who Strom looked upon as a second father, little did he know that Ben was steeped in the dark arts and voodoo and using his power he raised him from death and now Salem wanders the earth seeking out the old man to lift his curse for even though he can feel pain and suffer all the agony of death with the rising of the moon he returns to the land of living, now he travels the earth and with the help of his mystic sword, Life Taker, set in the late 1800's Salem goes to New Orleans were he meets a woman of the night and an ageless vampire, in the Wild West he must battle winged creatures who live on human flesh, in San Francisco he partners with a young woman who has a deadly secret, on the high seas an ancient beast rises up from the depths, and in the far east he must run from cannibals, the middle east is a strange land for a southerner and filled with demons of the darkness, even the land of Egypt can't stop him from seeking out knowledge that might help end his suffering, if you enjoy battles with Demons, Vampires, Werewolves and hell spawn, you will enjoy Salem Strom, The Dead Man.