Sarah Madeley has a secret when she is summoned to a deconsecrated church to investigate the ancient stones found beneath it. St Jude's has a history of unquiet spirits and has suffered the collapse of part of its graveyard. Torrential rain and a new farm road have caused the ground to open. Each member of the archaeologists responds differently to the site's arcane power.
Cut off by the storm, they are disturbed to find evidence of a long history of blood sacrifice and murder. The past is revealed through the ghosts of victims and by research into historical documents that tell the story of a ruthless killer.
In a high-risk battle of wits, Sarah must discover who began the spiral of death and what has been unleashed on this ancient hill and had been suppressed by the church's presence for a millennium.