Setting the Scene

It is 1891 in the small town of Medway, Maine. The local rivers are alive with loggers, a few stores line the streets, and the residents work hard for small financial gain. Still, the town is quiet, peaceful, and without trouble—that is, until a mutilated body is found on the side of the road.

The Protagonist

Mark Jr., a hard-working, single man and the new lawman in town, is suddenly propelled into a murder investigation of a young woman known to be a lady of the night. No one knows who she is, and now Mark must determine who killed her and why. Haunted by nightmares that nearly drive him insane, Mark begins questioning the town's residents and slowly assembles a mysterious puzzle—one agonizing piece at a time. But then another mangled body is discovered, and Mark suddenly realizes the dead woman is the same one who came to him in an earlier dream. Mark has no idea that a murderer is attempting to open a gate to hell.

The Conflict

In this gripping Western thriller, a young lawman must stop a meat-hungry serial killer before he slaughters another innocent woman.