When novelist Jim Eldridge receives an invitation to a writer's retreat on Washington State's Mount Misery, it seems like the perfect escape from the last days of his dead marriage. Jim accepts the invitation to the Hacks Club, and joins the other guests, including the legendary H Casper, and best-seller Heather Woods, for a week of fun and relaxation.

Someone in those woods is not happy to see them.

The body count rises, and the survivors band together to fight the relentless killer. Will they escape the nightmare on The Devil's Tail Ridge, or die trying?