The dark, impenetrable bayous of Louisiana are filled with secrets that can never be revealed and mysterious forces that can never be understood. Jessica LeJeune left Louisiana, but she brought some of those mysterious forces with her—and now she’s being called back home to her Cajun roots to confront a destiny she could not escape and a curse she might not survive.

Jessica’s younger brother, Todd, has descended into a world of madness. His shattered mind is now the plaything of an unimaginable evil. But Jessica is not alone in her battle to save her brother’s soul. For deep in the misty bayous, in an isolated wooden shack, lives the one person who is their only hope. . . .