Meridale, a small town hidden in the mountains of western Canada, is beset by a mysterious and malevolent force. Every night, corpses of people are found with their throats slit and their faces frozen in masks of terror. All evidence points to an ancient curse. For weeks, no one has been able to find the creatures responsible for these terrible deaths. Then came Jonathan Riven, a monster hunter who was brought in to solve the mystery. Just put such a magical tool in his luggage (he keeps it secret under a layer),