From full moon to full moon it waits. When Captain Anthony Thompson is stranded with car trouble while crossing the desolate Atchafalaya Swamp, he makes his way to an isolated and eerie town called Whiskey River. It is a town, he discovers, that does not exist. Yet he and several others, who may or may not be his allies, are trapped by an invisible force, unable to escape. He must now face a sinister evil force in a struggle so great it will determine the very fate of humanity.