Desmond Brice was an ordinary boy, perhaps a little too smart for his age. After hearing mysterious voices speaking to him through the fire on his family farm he discovers that he isn't like everyone else and devotes his life to finding the identity of the thing that haunts him.
When one of his college classmates catches onto his special gift, Desmond becomes her prey and a dangerous game of cat and mouse ensues. When she finally hunts him down, Desmond is forced to make a choice about what to protect. Does he choose the life he has made for himself? Or the secret he has kept for a lifetime?