When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. The few children that return alive have terrible stories-impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only adult who sees what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it must be done.
Trapped in the county jail, Erica must use her one phone call to contact someone from her past... but will they come to her aid?
Escape may come from a most unexpected place, but with it the revelation of a terrifying new threat that will push Erica to her limits!