On a cold autumn day Blake McClendon, the gravedigger’s son, meets Annie McKinley, a girl damaged in a tragic accident, and a brief conversation changes both of their lives. As fall turns to winter, Blake and Annie begin to fall in love, a love that blooms under a cloud of impending doom. Blake and Annie grow closer, navigating their way through a minefield of personal damage and social pressures; but unknown to them, a greater threat hunts them than the decay of the Springs.
Annie is being watched by her next-door neighbor, a serial killer waiting for the time to strike again. A battle for life and death is rushing toward them, unseen and monstrous, waiting for them both on an abandoned train track on the edge of town. Life, death, and sacrifice are woven together in this suspenseful story of love and survival.