Matthew Galen comes back home to Summerfell for a reason. Not to visit his family. Not to relive childhood memories. He comes back because his best friend is in a hospital for the criminally insane--for crimes too unspeakable to believe. But Matt knows the terrifying truth. The ultimate evil doesn`t reside in his friend`s twisted soul. It comes from a far darker place, a place only Matt knows. And only Matt can stop the evil--if he dares.