The Talisman hangs heavy around Richard's neck. It is no simple good luck charm, but a twisted artifact holding an ancient evil. With Richard's unwitting help, it plots to escape its prison - endangering not only Richard, but also his wife and soon-to-be-born son.After a gruesome abduction awakens Richard to the Talisman's horrifying nature, Richard struggles to resist its seductive and supernatural powers. To have any chance of coming out alive, Richard must enlist unlikely allies and make peace with his own difficult past.But it may already be too late. If Richard is to save his young family, he must stop running and finally confront the evil that is stalking him from without......and from within...