Chandler Worthington is an investigative journalist in Blackwood, Maine who receives a mysterious journal. Inside he discovers a list of names with written descriptions of their murders. As the murders occur exactly as written, Chandler must decipher the true meaning behind this journal. It is written by an author whom he has met in the past...Daniel Holt. He unravels a mystery of Mr. Holt's past that leads him down a path of desperation to break the curse of this diary before the final page is written.