Force for evil. A little girl called Alice, a deaf-mute. A vision. A
lady in shimmering white who says she is the immaculate conception. And
Alice can suddenly hear and speak. And she can perform miracles. Soon
the site of the visitation, beneath the ancient oak tree, has become a
shrine, a holy place for thousands of pilgrims. But Alice is no longer
the guileless child overwhelmed by her new saintliness. She has become
the agent of something corrupt, a vile force that is centuries old.
Innocence and evil have become one.