Marci Renault's world seemed normal and comfortably ordinary, until one day when she received a text message that changed her life forever. It was just a picture, showing a shadow in an otherwise sunny park, where no shadow should be. But the picture was sent by an old colonel - who just happens to have been dead for over a hundred years. Forced to confront a family secret that threatens to overwhelm her world and even her sanity, Marci is caught up and plunged into the dark corners of existence. Alone, not knowing where to turn or who to trust, she quickly realizes that some scary stories are absolutely true, and that there really are things that stalk you in the night.