Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan is cursed with visions of horror
committed by a savage figure he calls "Mr. X." This year, Ned's visions
will become flesh and blood. A dreadful premonition brings Ned home to
find his mother on her deathbed. She reveals the never-before-disclosed
name of his father and warns him of grave danger. Driven by a desperate
sense of need, Ned explores his dark past and the astonishing legacy of
his kin. Accused of violent crimes he has not committed and pursued by a
shadowy twin, Ned enters a hidden world of ominous mysteries, where he
must confront his deepest nightmares. . . .