A string of brutal murders are commited in a town that is isolated when an earthquake destroys it's only access roads and telephone lines. An investigative reporter, Christopher Atkins, who is sent to cover the damage, arrives by helicopter. Only to find a much more deadly story to cover! The lonely town has it's share of suspects and as the murders continue, the local sheriff is baffled by the killers ability to "fade into thin air!" The reporter soon is confronted by his own haunted past and is thrown into a race to find the killer before he strikes again!