Horror has a new story and a new home in the town of Manchineel where unparalleled beauty conceals an unparalleled savagery in the eternal quest to answer the ultimate question. Tom and Katie Preston are taking their three children up north to Michigan's Upper Peninsula for a much-needed family vacation. Unfortunately for the Prestons, the drive is fraught with one catastrophic event after the next culminating in the need for an emergency trip to a hospital only for their car to break down en route. Soon thereafter, a helpful stranger arrives with some companions to drive the Prestons to their small town of Manchineel where the family is lodged in the home of one of the church deacons.The Prestons' fears from their circumstances begin to dissipate after arriving in Manchineel. The town is unlike any other they had ever seen in real life, photographs, or on screens, a true paradise unrivaled in its beauty. Prompt medical attention and hospitality are followed by a lively supper with the church deacons and the town's reverend where a discussion of the town's rich history turns into a pseudo-sermon based on the Book of Genesis and the biggest choice in the history of humankind.Having retired to sleep in good spirits, the Prestons' world is shattered when Tom and Katie wake up the next morning to find their children gone without a trace and everyone in Manchineel acting as if the children were never there. As Tom and Katie frantically race to find their children, the truth behind Manchineel begins to reveal itself. Have the townsfolk found the divine key to eternal life or damnation?