The second book in the series takes readers to 1978, when Special Detective Frank Miller receives a strange assignment: the inhabitants of a small town are terrorized by an inexplicable insomnia that drives people crazy. After leaving Washington with new partner Alex Reed, Miller finds himself in Black Woods, a tiny settlement lost in impenetrable forests. And everyone who dares to poke his head into the black thicket stops sleeping at night. Something sinister is hiding behind these century-old trees, something terrible now threatens not only the residents of Black Woods, but also the detective himself ...