September. A beautiful New York editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet Maine beach town of Dead Riveroff seasonawaiting her sister and friends. Nearby, a savage human family with a taste for flesh lurks in the darkening woods, watching, waiting for the moon to rise and night to fallAnd before too many hours pass, five civilized, sophisticated people and one tired old country sheriff will learn just how primitive we all are beneath the surfaceand that there are no limits at all to the will to survive.This novel contains graphic content and is recommended for regular readers of horror novels.