A being known as Diablero has miraculously reanimated the bones of pirate Edward Teach, the infamous Blackbeard, and it is moving relentlessly through the dark forests and waterways of northeastern North Carolina. Reporter Hunter Singleton and park ranger Lisa Singleton, Hunter's estranged wife, must join forces to battle the presence that is older than mankind. Teach is about to open the gates of Hell on an unsuspecting world-how can mere humans stop the unstoppable?