Ky Lang and Ivy Meadows, each gifted with unique skills, shared a paranormal group-discussion website. A partial message, posted by a friend, that read, "Rockford, Illinois. Help, find me before they do. Reese," sent them running to his aid. Reese Michaels, a paranormal investigator, went to Illinois to relax and check out a local band he'd heard about. He only asked for their help when he feared something was more demonic than ghost. Once they arrived, they were shocked to find Reese was wanted for questioning in a murder. Ky and Ivy would have to work with the law to save their friend as the case took a turn leading to more murders and black magic.

When the local police station received a 911 call, the only thing heard was a woman screaming and an animal howling. Expecting to find a female hiker injured from an animal attack, park rangers and police were dispatched to the woods surrounding the lake at the state park outside Rockford, Illinois. Instead, the body of a male was found torn limb from limb. Now Detective Phil Jameson and FBI Special Agent Jax Monahan were faced with a murder that was as bizarre as it was brutal. But when the director of the FBI sent a forensic pathologist, specializing in such cases, they found themselves thrown into a world they thought only existed in folklore and horror stories.