Embervale was supposed to be a quiet transfer for Senior Officer Ian Mathews. Instead, it becomes the center of a brutal killing spree. Each victim is left with a strange carved figurine. Each name follows a pattern. Each crime scene grows more violent. As Ian teams up with forensic doctor Lucian Kane, the pieces begin to form a chilling sequence—one that spells something far more sinister than coincidence. But when a ciphered message reveals the next target, the case turns personal. On the night of February 13th, the killer comes home. And some patterns don’t end in justice. They end in blood.