Jason Reeds Clayne is not like any other young man you have ever met. Jason is a stand-out in so many ways. On the upside, he is resourceful and intelligent. On the down, he has been incarcerated for trying to "de-brain" his mother's boyfriend with a fireplace iron. Jason's ancestors date back to the Reeds family...who came to these forsaken Pine Barrens in the 1700's as indentureds and fugitives. Jason is sometimes driven with a "body memory" of all the mysteries and mysticisms of his forebears...including the strange "Devil Creature." IN the world of the 1980's, Jason's blood lines connect him to the centuries old myths and magics that did once, and sometimes still do, dance unfettered in these pine forests of South Jersey. In the end, he will use his unusual powers to set right a grievous wrong and to find security for himself and his beloved.