内容简介：
Something evil has sneaked into the sleepy coastal village of Porteden in the northeast of Scotland. Something...deadly. When a young girl goes missing from her bedroom, under mysterious circumstances, it sparks off a sequence of events that grip the villagers in a spiraling reign of terror. As the count of those who are missing rises, one man, recognizing a familiar face from the distant past, realizes the sudden horror inflicted upon his small community has been there before, and sets about recounting his tale to an unbelieving teacher. Is it the work of the fabled beast of the moors, or is it something far more deadly and unnatural?