There is a ghost in the barracks at West Point, and the brass is eager to make it go away. Two officers from the Department ofBehavioral Sciences and Leadership areassigned to do the job: Sam Bondurant, a human factors engineer and Liam FitzDonnell, a clinical psychologist, reluctantly take on the task, not guessing how daunting and ultimately terrifying the project will be. Assisted by Sam's scholarly and fanciful wife, Maggie, they find themselves caught in the consequences of a terrible moment in 1830 and the tormented souls it has left behind. Nothing in their military experience of education could repare them for the reults.