For three days every June, the town of Friendly, Alabama, sequesters in their homes in hopes of being spared by an unseen creature that feeds on their community. Isolated and fearing no one would believe them, the town has endured the annual macabre ritual for as long as anyone can remember. But when Truman Malone begins to dig deeper into the killings, his life begins to unravel, and he starts to wonder if he really wants to know the truth. Could the creature be an old woman allegedly hailing from Transylvania? Is it the eccentric owner of the Jupiter Hotel where he lives? Could it be the woman that he loves? His boss, the police chief? The mayor? With no shortage of suspects, the only thing he's sure of is that it could be anyone.