Aeron Courcy spent most of his life on the fringes of the society that essentially cast him out. Memories of his hellish childhood immersed him in a world of bereavement and isolation. Tormented by the horrific memories within the house's walls, he soon became a disturbed and lonely shell of the man he once was. As the number of disappearances in Portland Maine begin to increase, Aeron is the last person anybody would suspect to be the culprit. The police are left baffled. There have been no leads. There have been no witnesses. None of those that went missing have been found. It's as if the people that went missing simply vanished into the mists that shroud Maine. When Angela Paxton vanishes without a trace one evening, her tattered family is thrown into ruin. Still mourning the death of the father of her children, Angela's mother essentially shuts down, leaving her dysfunctional, off-beat younger sister scrambling to piece together the mystery behind her sister's disappearance and bring her home.. if she's even still alive. As the days pass, Angela and the other captives come to understand the forty-three-year-old man's intentions: to regain the affection that was seized from him during his childhood by keeping them forever. Although tempers flare, tears fall, and truths are revealed, one thing is clear: they are willing to do whatever it takes to escape Aeron's clutches- or die trying.