In the wake of a summer storm, terror descends...David Drayton and his son Billy join dozens of others and head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies following a freak storm. Once there, they become trapped by a strange mist that has enveloped the town. As the confinement takes its toll on their nerves, a religious zealot, Mrs. Carmody, begins to play on their fears to convince them that this is God’s vengeance for their sins. She insists a sacrifice must be made . . .  One group attempts to make an escape, but what’s out there may be worse than what they left behind.

This exhilarating story explores the horror in both the enemy you know—and the one you can only imagine.