Seven years ago, Darksmith Manor was sealed off from the world. A dynasty of monster-makers ended, but Fear, the greatest, most vile creation of the Darksmith legacy, still yearned for their power. Frustrated by the closed Manor, and therefore incapable of claiming what he considered to be his for the taking, the menace shifted his evil intentions elsewhere. Now, the only person able to stop Fear from spreading rampant terror is one he thought to be locked away in Darksmith Manor. The time has come for the last Darksmith to return and claim her birthright, whether she believes in monsters or not.

If the Mummy needs an army of skeletal warriors, if Dracula's reign cannot continue without a legion of the undead, they turn to one place - Darksmith Manor. For generations, the Darksmith family has constructed, concocted, or otherwise created the minions of the world's most wicked foes. Be they armies of undead warriors or hordes of the most vicious beasts, they all know Darksmith Manor as their birthplace. But one creature, born by the sum of all fears, wanted more than to serve any master. After declaring himself as the rightful heir as the maker of monsters, the creature known as Fear soon found that the Duke and Duchess of Darksmith Manor were about to have their first child.