Haunted by his past, Travis Stilwell spends his nights looking for women in West Texas bars. What he does with them next does not make him proud - it just calms his inner demons for a while. After Travis meets a mysterious pale girl on the road one night, he wakes up in his van, weak and bloody - with no sign of the girl , with no memories of the night. When motel owner Annabelle Gaskin offers the cowboy a job to pay for his stay, he accepts her offer. During the day, he fixes up an old motel, gradually becoming part of the lives of Annabelle and her ten-year-old son. At night, in the cave of his mobile home, he struggles with an unspeakable hunger. Annabelle soon begins to realize that Travis is not what he seems. Across the state, a grizzled Texas Ranger is hunting a serial killer that will lead him to a revelation far more monstrous. A man of the law, he will have to decide how deeply he will plunge into darkness for the sake of justice. And one dusty autumn night, an old evil will find new life - and new blood.