n the secluded, Kudzu-covered town of Eden, Georgia,people are dying in droves. Burnings, decapitations,crucifixions, impalings, and the occasional prematureburial. The kids whisper about a mysterious, supernaturalfigure who walks the railroad tracks outside of town, afigure known simply as "The White Man".

Everyone has a theory, but no one can stop the killing.No one can stop the madness from spreading like somemalignant disease.

Only one man, Father Aron, knows what's going on. He vowsto cure the evil. The only problem with Father Aron: thecure may be worse than the disease.