Henry Dane, Police Chief of a small New Mexico ski town, is called out to investigate two deaths on the property of a local hermit, but what he finds is beyond his ability to explain. But when he begins to hear that similar cases are being reported in his state, he begins to realize that these are no simple murders, and as he gets closer and closer to the truth, Dane must confront a terrible new reality: that a new plague is bringing its victims back from the dead, and that if something is not done, it could spell death, and worse, for everything he holds dear. Aided by his loyal officers and a few friends, Chief Dane must prepare for a showdown between the living and the dead, but whatever happens, the world as Dane knows it may already be gone forever.