Having escaped from prison, serial killer Edmund Cox returns to his hometown of Killen. Entering the woods with his "darlings" in his pocket, he begins a new quest along the Hollow River, hoping to make good on one final deal with The River Man. What Edmund doesn't realize is he's not going alone. Keith Drakeson is one of the police detectives who hunted Cox the first time around, and he considers the killer's escape an insult to his...