Jared Sumner just wanted a pack of cigarettes. But as he waits in line at the crowded gas station, a customer pushes the clerk over the edge and the doors at The Quickshop lock themselves. The clerk has a secret he's been waiting to share for a long time. He can manipulate things with his mind. And yet he's been manipulated his whole life. And now...it's time for payback.Held captive by this powerful madman, Jared and the others must find a way to escape. But is there any way to fight back against a man who was born to kill? "I'm a Robert S. Wilson fan from now on!"--Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Flesh Eaters (winner of the 2012 Bram Stoker Award) and Apocalypse of the Dead"Wilson is a dark force to be reckoned with."--Trent Zelazny, author of Destination Unknown and Fractal Despondency