Akesfeld, a small, quiet town, where nothing much ever changes, welcomes a new resident, Jack Hunter, a charismatic stranger who has a way with words and insists that he will bring change to the town. Dean Naysmith, a local wheeler and dealer, and Jack's new neighbour, unwittingly becomes Jack's pawn and thus his game begins. As a violent storm lashes down on Akesfeld, the only road into the town is flooded, cutting it off from the outside world. With many of the town's residents beginning to succumb to Jack's persuasive personality, letting their darkest thoughts and emotions take control, the body count starts to rise. Only John Fowler, a local freelance writer who has just returned from his travels, realises that Jack is at the root of the town's nightmare and sets out to stop him before all hell breaks loose. Or is it already too late?