Demon Alcohol and the Monstermen is the story of one little girlas struggles to overcome generations of alcoholism. Leysa Henko immigrates to America from Russia with her family in 1917, with all the optimism of a four-year-old. Leysaas world begins to crumble when her abusive father, Devak, opens a pub in Tallenook, Pennsylvania, during Prohibition. When her adoring mother Ionna dies of tuberculosis, Leysa and her older sister Maryska are left at the mercy of Devak and his abusive bar croniesathe Monstermen. Devak presses them into service to save his tavern by delivering vodka door-to-dooraaloneato Tallenookas horrific alcoholic ashut-ins.a The spirits of family members passed on reach out to help Leysa. As Leysa grows older and more bitter, she loses touch and her life spirals out of control. Will Leysa find the peace she so desperately needs before alcoholism claims another generation of Henkos?