Abandoned by his friends as they cycle through the Wisconsin town of French Landing, ten-year-old Ty Marshall is distracted by a crow hopping towards him down the sidewalk. Then it calls his name. Fascinated, Ty gets off his bike for a closer look: and as he does so, he is grabbed by an unseen assailant and dragged through the hedge. Is Ty destined to become the fourth victim of the Fisherman, the serial killer who is stalking this sleepy town? If so, only ex-detective Jack Sawyer, who left LA precisely to avoid such madness, may be able to save him. For nightmares and visions have been visiting Jack lately. It seems that the doomed place he knows as 'the Territories' may be reaching out for him once more .