A novel of transcendental horror and vengeance from the author of The Well and The Jonah Watch. In the heart of the deep south, where memories of a war long over still simmer, Dan McDowell is pursued by a chilling apparition-the spectral image of his great-grandfather... a family horror almost too awful to comprehend. Destined to learn the secret of his family's past, McDowell is constrained to repeat-in the name of honor and Southern chivalry-the heinous crime of his ancestor, an act required, demanded by his ghost...