After the death of his wife, a disabled war veteran and his children return to poverty-stricken rural Ohio with their religious maternal grandmother, only to be thrust into battle against the Devil and his minions.

SYNOPSIS:

Something is very wrong in Canal Trenton, Ohio -- aside from the rampant poverty, remarkable cancer rate, and unpredictable weather. With the coal mines and clay yards dried up, steel mills gone, and railroads defunct, Trenton has been in a dark place for close to thirty years. What’s more, nearly all 1,000 remaining residents of Canal Trenton have heard the stories or seen strange things with their own eyes: a giant wolf with red-eyes; a shadowy demon with a fly-like face and sharp horns, a satanic cult bent on human sacrifice; even the Devil himself. Not to mention the lore of a Warlock’s Grave, or mysteriously murdered First Nation’s people in the Red Hill Incident. The presence of evil is as palpable as the humidity.

Until recently, the town’s only claim to fame had been the historically significant suspension bridge and a fully-restored segment of the Ohio-Erie Canal, but now Trenton claims more murders than most major cities. The family matriarch, Beatrice Kinsey, early 60s, believes that her faith and fervent prayer will protect her farm and her family, including her maimed-in-battle son-in-law, James, early 40s, and two grandchildren, Rebekah 18, and Jonah 17. After Beatrice’s daughter, Anna, recently died from a lengthy battle with cancer, James had no choice but to move in with Beatrice in rural Ohio. But Beatrice knows more than she’s letting on, and soon James and the whole family are fighting against evil forces for their very lives, and for every soul in Canal Trenton.