Amanda Young grew up in Port Isley, a remote seaside community perched on the outermost shores of Washington. She#146;s watched as, each summer, the tight-knit small village braces for the invasion of vacationers seeking refuge from city life. But this year, a new kind of visitor arrives in Port Isley, bringing something most unexpected. Soon after the season begins, a teenage girl#146;s mutilated body is found in a local park. The police declare it a random act of violence, but Amanda#146;s not so sure.because how can she explain that she had a premonition of the crime just hours before it happened? Or that the neighbors she#146;s known forever inexplicably are beginning to change.into lustful, violent shadows of themselves? Amanda knows something#146;s not right. And she knows it has something to do with the sinister stranger who#146;s come to town.

But can she uncover his dark secret in time to stop him -- and in time to save the souls of Port Isley?.