Clyde Whitney, the reserved heir to his family's wealthy plantation, knew nothing of the horrors concealed within the sinister swamp that neighbored his estate. Breaking free of his self-confinement to his home following his father's unexpected disappearance, Clyde decides to accompany his butler, the well-meaning but often overbearing Saul, to an auction in a nearby town. Along the way, he meets several others with pasts as troubled as his, before he is thrown headfirst into a harsh fight for survival. Through a series of painful decisions, difficult trials, and startling revelations, he finally discovers the dark truth surrounding his father's disappearance and learns of the evils lurking just beyond his home.
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