Puzzling secrets, eerie atmosphere, vicious murders--these surround the Nevada town of Eagleton, where Roni Mayfield is trapped, compelled to investigate the brutal slaughter of her mentor Caroline Holt. While rumored a suicide, Roni knows that Caroline's death is a result of sinister foul play. As a reporter who needs to investigate all happenings exhaustively and as a friend who demands revenge, she seeks to restore balance to the scales of justice. With only a rotting corpse, and a childhood friend as an ally, Roni must evade the shadow-like murderer who follows her almost undetectably and get the answers she needs. What she doesn't know is that she has a larger mission: SURVIVE.