Sent to investigate drug-related deaths in an otherwise sedate coastal town, a detective with a haunted past sees it as a chance for redemption.

But in James Herbert's The Jonah, soon Jim Kelso finds himself in mortal danger when he uncovers a dangerous smuggling operation.

While fighting for his life he discovers something far more terrifying than those in charge of the operation - the terrible power of The Jonah, a horror that cannot be contained.