There's darkness, and then there's Darkness. Vail used to be fearless- and ruthless- before he started seeing things. Now, pursued by government agents and talking dogs, he's afraid he's going crazy. But he's even more afraid he's NOT crazy. Unseen creatures of Darkness have begun to invade the world of the living, and Vail is the only one able to see the truth. Matt is one of the few people living in the bombed out city who's got survival fairly under control. That's until Vail, injured and on the run, barges into his life asking for help. But helping him could well cost Matt everything. Torie thought life couldn't get worse than starving on the streets, until she agrees to participate in an experimental drug test that's supposed to help with fear. Instead she realizes that she's been poisoned, and all of her worst fears were never bad enough.

"He sat in an ancient high back chair, ripped and ragged with age, left over from days long past. Waiting. Waiting for darkness to cover the land, like a scared child with a blanket, the darkness was his protection and his only friend. He was a loner, an outcast, and he liked nothing better. He could come and go as he pleased as long as he stayed below the radar. Until recently.