Tidewater Virginia, 1795, a place of affluence and gentility supported by abject slavery. Among the most powerful and wealthy is plantation owner Horace Parlen. Filled with pride, greed and arrogance, Parlen takes what he wants. When he covets the land of a poor widow and her young grandson, Parlen encounters a foe unlike any he has ever met. Soon, an unimaginable horror menaces all he cherishes. Evil compels him to unwittingly harm the ones he cares for the most. Tormented by forces beyond comprehension, Parlen watches helplessly as his comfortable life shatters. When all seems lost, even...