Shaddock Valley. A maximum security prison that houses the worst of the worst: drug gangs, psychopaths, rapists, gangters, and outlaw bikers. In a place like that, a skinny little kid like Danny Palmquist doesn't stand a chance. It doesn't take long before the hardtimers move in on him. Then they begin to die horribly. In locked cells. When the lights go out at Shaddock Valley, the nightmare begins. When Danny Palmquist goes to sleep, something else wakes up. Something primeval. Something bloodthirsty. And if you mess with Danny Palmquist, it will find you. And in the darkness, nothing can save you.