Adopted as a small child, Willow Malone has spent a lifetime battling the unknown. When she finds out she is pregnant, she can't deny the curiosity she has about her childhood—about her biological parents and where she came from. With the help of her fiancé, Detective Trace McCall, she begins a trip back in time in search of the answers that she can no longer live without. What she doesn't realize is that a sleeping monster lies in wait. And the minute she starts getting answers to her questions, that monster is awakened. Thirty-one years ago, a small community was put through a night of terror. Unbeknownst to her, Willow was at the center of that terror. Time has not healed and evil hearts have not forgotten. Soon, rather than Willow being the searcher, she becomes the searched. Terror fills her nightmares and her reality, and eventually she finds herself in a fight just to stay alive.
