It'snot1985anymore...it's1986,andChuckSteelis'thebestGoddamncopontheforce'accordingtohislongsufferingboss,CaptainJackSchitt.Buteventhismaverick,renegade,loosecannon,lonewolf,copontheedge,whodoesn'tplaybytheruleshashisworkcutoutwhentheGovernorofLAdecidestoreducethelicensinghoursforclubsandbarstriggeringasudden,inexplicablespateofhighprofiledisappearancesinthecity.Thedisappearancesallhavethesamethingincommon,acrimescenecoveredinbloodbutwithnosignofthevictim.Thepoliceareperplexeduntiltheygetabreakinthecasewhenoneofthevictimsmanagestoescape.ChuckgoestointerviewthevictimatthehospitalbutisconfrontedbyacrazedoldmanwhointroduceshimselfasAbrahamVanRental.HewarnsadisbelievingChuckthatanevilscourgeisabouttodescendonthecityofLosAngeles-thescourgeoftheTRAMPIRES-amutatedhybridofvampireandtramp.