Detective Inspector Jake Talbot's sister, Anna, is threatened by a sinister cult's beliefs. Ordered by the Ministry of Defence to observe their activities, he travels to Dorset with his friend Frankie. Observation becomes investigation when they discover a woman's body. Shortly after, a dangerous piece of evidence lands in Talbot's hands, its disappearance the catalyst for murder. Talbot suspects that an old enemy is involved with the cult, and at the heart of a plot that links psychic manipulation, drugs, and death. The investigation leads them into deeper shadows, where Talbot's enemy waits to wreak a revenge that is as shocking as it is painful. It will take all of Talbot's detective skills, and Frankie's exceptional computer programming expertise, if they are to bring down the criminal conspiracy and defeat his enemy. Set on the beautiful Dorset coast, this gritty psychological thriller races to a chilling conclusion in which Frankie and Talbot must face the cost of saving Anna.