Step right up folksenter the tent and see the wonders of the world Andrew is the son of a preacher man in a small town, struggling to establish a life of his own. When his mother encourages him to take a young lady from their congregation to the circus one night, the last thing he wants to do is see circus freaks. He was traumatized by this same event as a child and he can't bear to see these poor creatures penned up in cages. However, the young woman he escorts to the exhibition insists on seeing the sideshow, and Andrew doesn't want to disappoint her. Dog boys and limbless monstrosities are available for viewing upon paying the entrance fee, but at the end of the line, there is something else, something big and ferocious. And as the big, sleek black jaguar stretches and changes into the shape of a man before Andrew's eyes, his life will be altered forever.