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Something strange is going on in Placerton, on the rugged south coast of
Oregon.
For Dan Connor, Chief of the three man police force, and his assistant,
Stephanie, it begins with a rash of dog-nappings.
Someone was stealing pets from the community and leaving no clues behind. Soon, an elderly woman is killed while walking her dog and a
group of campers slaughtered in the woods.
Most people think the culprit is a rogue bear and demand that hunters be
hired to catch and kill it.
Dan, however, isn’t so sure it’s just a bear.
For one thing, there is a notable absence of animal sign near the
killings. More important are the weird things that begin to happen: a
forty pound possum grinning at him in his back yard; dreams in which his dead
wife chants in a strange language; the repeated appearance of a mysterious old
Indian man.
To make matters even worse, a dangerous storm is headed their way off the
Pacific.
His investigation leads him to the local Indian community and their
legend of the ni’il--a magical being charged with protecting its community from
outside attack. According to a
village elder, the attacks and killings are being committed by the ni’il of the natural world and that it is singling Dan out for
attention because Dan, partnered with Stephanie, is the ni’il for the white culture.
As the promised storm crashes ashore, knocking out communications and
further isolating the community, Dan and Stephanie face the challenge of their
lives. Can they accept a completely different view of reality than
what they’re used to? Can they
master their new-found powers? Can
they figure out a way of defeating their enemy before it destroys the entire
town? Before it destroys them? (follow the link to read the first chapter)
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