Xena and Xander have been looking forward to their vacation in the peaceful country village of Blackslope. But when a huge monster begins to terrorize the town the young detectives are faced with a mystery that seems impossible to solve. Sherlock Holmes Xena and Xander''s famous ancestor investigated the case of a horrible beast in Blackslope but that was nearly a hundred years ago. It couldn''t be the same creature after all this time―could it?