Dalton Peck kept the stolen cellphone of the woman who manipulated him into becoming Professor Spectre locked and charged on his nightstand, unable to access the contents. When the passcode suddenly appears in a text message on the device Dalton is driven to scrutinize it for answers. The effort leads to more questions, as well as a deadly ultimatum issued by the mysterious cabal behind the new messages. An ultimatum Dalton ignores at the peril of those he cares about the most. After an assassin’s bullet shatters their reality, Dalton and his friends scramble to unmask the group pulling the strings. Their investigation leads them to the picturesque village of Round Lake, where candy colored Victorian cottages hide an evil older and darker than the stuff of nightmares.