A group of EMTs with the Emergency Medical Services of Buxton Beach, NC, are among the first to respond after a hurricane rips through the small island community. As they search for survivors, they discover an evil that will haunt the residents of the tight community for years to come .

Lurking beneath the dunes is a sandy grave not connected to the storm, a grave hidden beneath their feet for over thirty years.

For one EMT, Katia Billings, it's personal. She is intimately connected to one of the killer's victims. Now she must enlist help from K-9 search expert Paige, and her own on-and-off lover, Zahra, to find the killer, dubbed Sandman, and stop him from killing again.