After only six years in prison, Andrew Carlisle has been released. A brilliant psychopath convicted of the brutal torture-murder of a Papago Indian girl, he is free once more to prowl the Arizona desert- to feed his insatiable hunger for blood and fear...and revenge.

A teacher on the Tohono O'othham reservation, Diana Ladd's testimony once helped put Andrew Carlisle behind bars. And now the terrified young widow can't ignore the dire peril foretold in dark, mystical omens and ancient Papago lore: a hunter is stalking Diana Ladd and her son...and his hour is at hand.