The sequel to ‘A Reaper's Dream’ and the next official instalment in the ‘A Song of the Serpent’ series. Years after abandoning what remains of his childhood family, Stephen Oman has struggled to maintain an ideal normal life, as his sexual urges grow stronger each day, he finds no sexual arousal with his wife, Quinn, compelling him to constantly cheat behind his wife's back, knowing if she were ever to find out — it'll destroy their already fragile marriage. With a last attempt at fixing his problems, Stephen attends therapy to delve into his troubled childhood. Though it starts to conjure up his hidden past - the horrific memories he had locked away.

With each session he attends, he finds himself more unstable and in need of a quick release. He drives out of town in search of lust, though he ends up in the middle of an unforeseen, chaotic storm, causing him to crash, however unharmed, but lost on the road near town. Battling through an unrelenting downpour, he finds shelter in an old tavern, where what he discovers inside causes him to make a horrific, unforgivable act of perversion. Stephen soon realises that suspicions hang over him, as his alibi becomes broken.

How long can he keep his horrific secret... How long can he maintain his sanity?