Three hundred years ago, she fell victim to the fear and wrath of those who dwelled in Serenity Falls. Her body was devoured in flames. But her curse upon the town lives on...
The hamlet of Serenity Falls is dying. Businesses have vacated. Tourism has vanished. And good will among neighbours is long gone. Historian Simon MacGruder has taken it upon himself to record a formal narration of the town's past before it fades into oblivion. What he uncovers is a history of the unspeakable: lynchings, mass murders, sexual depravity, and rumors of the birth of the anti-Christ. But the darkest secret is yet to be revealed—by a stranger who has arrived at MacGruder's door on a mission of his own...
