Derek Stone thought that his father and brother were killed in a train accident, but then his brother returns, strangely changed, and Derek begins to suspect that dead people are coming back to prey on the living.
Derek Stone just turned fourteen. He's lived in New Orleans with his dad and older brother, Ronny, his whole life. He's a little overweight and can't hear well out of his left ear. And he's on the run from the dead.
