Ten months after the Atticus Dobson murders, the phantom of fear still haunts Reese Valley. When a new wave of killings shatters the fragile peace, striking the same terror into the residents' hearts, Detective Braxton Steele is dragged back into the nightmare he tried to leave behind. Battling a past that threatens to consume him and a new killer who seems to anticipate his every move, Steele must race against time to stop the escalating violence and finally free the little seaside community from its grip.