Night Hunter

A creature of legend returns every quarter century, and when it wakes it hunts the innocent. Local police dismiss the idea that such a thing could exist. Gillian does not. At seven she witnessed it kill her mother, and now she senses that its attention has turned to her.

Nick has been marked as the Hunter, the only person able to put the creature down. He would prefer that Gillian, a psychology professor, stay out of his investigation, but she keeps finding her way into his work, and she is also becoming a presence in his private thoughts. Believing her life is in danger, he decides to remain at her side around the clock.

The creature, meanwhile, is patient, and it is waiting for its moment.