Renny Jacobson is shaken by news of his father's mysterious death. Although they were never close, he is stunned to discover that his father has left his substantial estate to charity, leaving his son with nothing but a reference to an obscure entity called "The Covenant List of South Carolina, Ltd." Setting out on a quest to learn the truth about "The List," he meets another descendent of a family bound to the secret society and soon discovers that they are both inheritors of an ancient and sinister secret - as well as a vast fortune. Having signed the covenant with his own blood, he is unprepared to fight the evil forces that now seek to devour everything - and anyone - he holds dear.