Reclusive outdoorsman, Jimmy Kerrigan, finds himself
battling a vampiric plague which threatens to destroy
Hobson's Valley, the isolated mountain community he
calls home. When his family, friends and neighbours fall
prey to the 'Fugue', Kerrigan is the only one who can
save them and prevent the disease spreading beyond the
remote town's boundaries. Kerrigan is uniquely equipped
to deal with the outbreak. He carries a variant strain
of Fugue enabling him to overcome and heal its victims.
However, the nature of the illness ensures neither he
nor those he hunts down are aware they're infected.
After feeding on humans, the diseased forget their
behaviour. Even Kerrigan, having confronted or
neutralised a Fugue, is unable to recall his actions as
guardian of Hobson's Valley. The illness and its effects
have, like tetanus, survived in the earth around the
mountain for countless generations. The lineage of Fugue
Hunters has always been able to reverse an outbreak but
not this time; someone wants the disease to spread and,
in combination with a mutation of the virus, Kerrigan
realises he may not be strong enough to contain
it.Kerrigan is challenged beyond his limits when an
innocent family of outsiders hikes straight into a
wilderness crawling with Fugues - a wilderness he is
responsible for. Can he really save them and protect the
town? Can he defeat the creature who has caused the
Fugue to mutate? And, most crucially, when he learns the
horrifying truth about his own infection, will he even
have the strength to try? |
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