In the small town of Hayton, North Carolina, on the outskirts of town, war vet Rush Bizner tends the cemeteries. Occasionally he's afflicted with psychic pain thrust upon him by someone in grave danger. His condition first assaulted him in Iraq, and then followed him home.Somewhere in the mountains, a young woman tumbles from a great height while running from her deranged boyfriend. Rush has a couple of days at the most to rescue her before the Creepers, Death's Shadows, gather around one of her dead relatives' graves and steals her last breath.With the help of Brody Rhodes, an emergency medical technician, and Helena Page, a waitress at Janie's Diner, Rush searches the dark woods for the critically injured woman, praying he gets to her before someone with bad intentions does.