A mysterious man has come to Spirit Falls. Does he have something to do with the new diner, or maybe the disappearance of the town's mayor? Sheriff John Darkman needs to find out the answers to both questions. Noah Graham is also curious about the mystery man and the new diner. Then he meets the man, Arik Dalca, who offers him a job as a waiter there. When the mayor reappears and begins to sicken, John and Noah discover the real reason Arik has come to town. Shocked and horrified, they are drawn into what is happening in their town. In the process of trying to stop the horror, Noah begins to fall for Ewan, one of Arik's team members, and John is drawn to Arik himself. Can the four men -- and the town -- survive what is to come?

The Diner

“You did. I know it’s frightening. It scared the hell out of me the first time I saw one. Didn’t do much for John Darkman last night, either.”


Ewan touched Noah’s shoulder briefly as if trying to reassure him he wasn’t crazy. “They do exist.”


“How would you know if you can’t see them? Maybe…Maybe it’s some kind of mind game Arik’s playing on…on all of us.”


“I don’t know. Damn.” Noah leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees, staring into the rushing waters of the falls. “If they are real. If I did see…it…this life-sucker. Why me?” He looked up at Arik. “Why you? Why Sheriff Darkman? Why us, but not Ewan or…or anyone else here?”


“You and I and John are Seekers. A special sort of human with the ability to see them.”


“And lucky for the rest of the world—that Seekers exist,” Ewan added.


Chapter 20