Ned, a man who grew up always looking over his shoulder, learns from his mother, shortly before her death, the name of the father he never knew, and despite a warning that he is in grave danger, sets out discover as much as he can about his absent family--including his otherworldly twin brother.

When a series of gruesome murders occurs that is reminiscent of those committed several decades earlier by a madman dubbed "the Fisherman," the local police chief begs retired homicide detective Jack Sawyer to help in the investigation.