When a romance novelist decides to spend Christmas in a remote cabin, he becomes the target of a vampire who terrorizes him throughout the snowy holidays. With blood-spurting violence and a tense cat-and-mouse game, the writer must use his wits to survive the supernatural threat.

The children of isolated desert town Sunderland face an all-consuming choice: They can attend school to learn the teachings of The Angel, an extraterrestrial being that arrived 10 years ago, and 'Evolve' like their parents who were turned into mindless drones, or be exiled to the wasteland.