No one understands the dark side of Savannah better than
homicide detective Elise Sandburg. As an infant, she was
thought to be the daughter of a famous root doctor-and was
abandoned in an ancient Low Country cemetery. Growing up,
she was haunted by her possible connection to the local
Gullah culture-with its spells and voodoo. Now, however,
there's a twisted killer on the loose, and the city is
gripped by terror. Someone is using a substance that
leaves its victims in a state that mimics death. As their
bodies slip into an irreversible paralysis, their minds
remain fully, shockingly awake.
Before you wake up dead.
Step by step, Elise's relentless chase for the killer
draws her straight back into the world she most fears. And
now, to stop a murderer, she must confront the truth about
her own past in ways she never could have imagined...