Four hundred years ago, a woman died in agony to keep its secret and went to her grave with it hung around her neck. Now, in a desolate graveyard, a workman has unearthed the amulet by chance and elects to keep it. His first mistake..That night the village of Medford is plunged into a maelstrom of terror by the discovery of a double murder and mutilation, the first in a series of grisly killings to come. For wherever the amulet is found, ancient evil-hideous, decadent, powerful, and vile-is once again reborn...