When Joan Buchanan purchased the old Borloff estate in Castleton, Kentucky, she was unaware of its history and the dark secrets it held. Castleton residents believe the house is haunted by the ghosts of Borloff’s wife and children who all went missing sixty years before. Their bodies were never found. Townsfolk asserts that Josef Borloff brutally murdered his family then disposed of their bodies. They swear Borloff was the devil incarnate and that his spirit still remains inside Borloff Manor.

A non-believer in the supernatural, Joan dismisses the rumors and warnings from the locals, a decision she will immediately come to regret. Only hours after moving in, she perceives that something unpleasant and mystifying is going on inside her new home. Whatever is behind the cause of the bizarre events adversely affects her, her two children, and the family dog, Conroy. Personal items that mysteriously disappear, peculiar noises coming from the cellar, insect and rat infestations, the stench of decay that permeates throughout the house, and unexplainable, realistically vivid nightmares plaguing them all are only the beginning of what’s in store for the Buchanan family.

A dark evil lurks within Borloff Manor that only Conroy can see. If he could talk, he’d tell his family why he’s so drawn to the fireplace, and warn them about the mortal peril they’re in. But dogs can’t talk, and since they can’t see what he sees, he’ll just have to remain alert and do whatever it takes to keep his humans protected from the black shadow man that wants them all dead.