Eleven-year-old Lonnie James has gone missing. Only one man remembers that he ever existed in the first place. After launching a huge manhunt to find the missing boy, Sheriff Tom Curtis is shocked when everyone quickly forgets who they're looking for. Even Lonnie's parents suddenly have no idea that had a son. Is Tom losing his mind, or is a dark force at work in the quiet town of Norfolk? Soon, Tom Curtis finds himself contemplating the impossible. A presence has arrived in the town, one that has been operating undetected for years. But what happens to the people who are stolen? And how is this shocking incident linked to something that happened halfway across the world, more than three hundred years ago?