Some wounds never heal. Some come back—to kill you.

Scarred in body and spirit, Reverend James Kilpatrick Thomas has accepted a job as pastor of a small community church in Mercer's Bayou, Arkansas. In this peaceful small town, he prays for spiritual renewal—not just for his congregation, but for his own shredded soul.

Megan and Brody Wallace also seek personal renewal when they leave their hectic lives in Austin, Texas to live a slower paced life on the bayou. After several painful, failed pregnancies, they hope that they'll find life here a soothing balm.

But an ancient evil grows just outside the church cemetery. And after more than a century of sleep, it's ready for a deadly revival of its own.