Black River lies in the grip of an epidemic. A fever of night chills that strikes at random, driving its victims to frightening acts of rape, murder--and mutlation.

Yet the terror is only beginning. Behind this bizarre contagion looms a monstrous conspiracy that has chosen Black River as a testing ground for the ultimate takeover. In its hand is a doomsday drug that unlocks control of the world's second deadliest weapon--the human mind.

One man has eluded the deadly spell of the night chills. Sacrificed his family to its hideous power. And become the world's deadliest weapon--a man with nothing left to lose.