One by one they go missing. And in the lake a voice cries out: "Save them. . . ." In the darkness, in a lake in the middle of a prosperous college town, Rachel Matre feels the water caressing her bare skin, teasing her senses, drawing her body into a lush erotic embrace. For twenty years she has communed with the lake spirits this way-and told no one. The price is simple: She must help those in need. But now a series of young women have gone missing. The police donrs"t have any bodies, or even a single suspect. Only the spirits seem to sense the truth. Through them, Rachel finds herself drawn into a madmanrs"s web. She alone can save the missing women. But who can save her?