Lion Loose in the Garden tells the juxtaposed stories of two teenage boys, each faced with impossible situations of mind control and sex abuse.
In Pennsylvania Dutch country, Owen McPhail turns to an estranged grandfather for help when his father commits suicide and his mother slips into a psychotic depression. But his grandfather turns out to be a manipulative criminal, and Owen must take desperate measures to protect his sister Josey from this monster.
Running alongside Owen's tale is the action/adventure story of Leo Durant, who takes his young sister Molly on a quest to find their long-lost mother after their father also commits suicide. They discover her trapped in a compound deep in the wilderness of Washington State, under the psychedelic spell of a sex cult leader. Leo must enlist the help of former cult member/now wild-child Daphne in order to save his family and take down the false prophet.
