Liz Deveraux, a Cajun woman, ran from her voodoo roots as a child and is now returning for her mother's funeral. Her high school sweetheart, Zach Fortier, has also come back, seeking the killer of his brother. The pair are soon swept into a perilous chase for the magical fire opal, the only means of destroying the powerful demon lurking in the bayou, who reputedly killed her mother. At stake is her father's life and if he fails to survive, the world will soon sink into darkness. Their journey is full of obstacles. An alligator climbs onto their boat to attack Liz. A whirlpool suddenly overturns their boat, a pack of raccoon tries to kill them. Still they proceed. Liz to save her father, Zach to find his brother's killer. What they hadn't anticipated was how deep a bond they'd forged as children, nor how heavily they would lean on it to survive this dangerous chase.