Will Duane had it all. Head of Numenon, the vast, multinational corporation he founded, Will was the richest man on the planet and made more money with every breath. Still in his prime at sixty-three, he had the looks, the women, and the where withal to be completely on top of the world. But a force he could not identify pursued Will Duane. A dark and destructive power lurked just beyond his awareness, ready to overpower him whenever he was weak. The stalker. Driven by his need to win back the love of a mysterious woman, Will takes his top executives to the Meeting, a week long spiritual retreat in the New Mexico desert. It is in the sacred Mogollon Bowl, that the ancient and ageless shaman known as Grandfather leads the retreat. When the Numenon caravan becomes stalled, the unknown stalker strikes. Out of a horrifying attack, a new possibility is born ???????????? and evil takes a different form.