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

I’m sure you’re right. But it will be worth it.He smiled, looking around the living room. And if things don’twork out, I have a place to come home to. 11


John had forgotten that his car was still parked behind the diner. It did not start his morning off the way he wanted when he walked outside to find it was missing. “Just what I needed,” he muttered.


He knew he could walk to work. After all, it’s closer than the Falls. But he’d slept restlessly, thoughts of what he would soon commit to, and the possible results, waking him much too often. He’d also had an idea. One he wasn’t certain would be feasible but…Now he was feeling the lack of sleep and took out his phone to call one of his deputies to ask that they pick him up. He paused when he saw a familiar van come up the drive.


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