After years of crawling through ruined temples and wandering Southeast Asian killing fields, photojournalist Charlie Case returns home to find that strange images are invading his dreams and wreaking havoc in his life. The gruesome "death by cats" of an elderly relative provides Charlie with the incentive to re-examine his purpose and newly realized fate.

Under mysterious circumstances, Charlie buys an abandoned coal baron's mansion in Appalachia. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that the ghosts of the baron and his blind daughter, Elinore, currently occupy the house--but...