Dorian Gray meets the medical thriller in bestseller Clem's latest scare-fest when RN Paul Grant discovers that peaceful Harbor View Nursing Home is not what it seems. After a resplendent welcome, he learns a terrifying secret looms at Harbor View. Gradually at first and then at a quickening pace Paul's world becomes one mysterious event after another as unexplained deaths become more than coincidence. He soon learns that his new employer has a dark side, which plunges him into a nightmare threatening Paul's very survival. His quest for the truth will take him from the picturesque countryside of Cutting, Vermont, all the way to the deepest reaches of the Amazon jungle. And in the end, he must confront the evil before he is consumed by it. . . .