In the aftermath of an unsuccessful secret rescue operation in the Indonesian jungle, two surviving soldiers from the Australian Army's special operations group are rescued - and, arriving at Stratford Hill military base, they seem to be on the edge of sanity.
When Burns, one of the surviving soldiers, insists that he targeted Death itself during the ambush, the commander of the base, Colonel Dubken, calls in Nicole, a young psychologist specializing in post-trauma recovery, for help. But their investigation enters ominous grounds when Awaba, the other survivor, though mortally wounded, seems to not die at all - and as increasingly strange events and a terrorizing mood overtake the military base, Dubken and Nicole begin to wonder whether Burns is indeed right...
Emmy's life is going just as she'd planned: She's living in her own apartment, dancing every day and is just leaps away from being named her company's next Prima ballerina. And she's only 17. But all of Emmy's plans come to a screeching halt when the FBI shows up at her door to let her know that she's being stalked by a serial killer. Suddenly, the safe, insulated world she created for herself is riddled with violence, fear...and a growing pile of dead bodies. At first Emmy wants nothing more than to forget her chilling new reality - but her admirer isn't finished with her yet, and before she knows it, Emmy's stuck in a nightmare she can't dance her way out of.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains detailed scenes of murder, rape, torture, sex and stalking, which may be triggering for some readers.
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