Doctors believe that they can successfully treat five-year-old cancer patient Woody Swope. But Woodys parents members of a cult called The Touchers are not only refusing the treatment theyre also threatening to remove him from the hospital. Psychologist Alex Delaware is called in to talk the parents round. But before he can the Swopes are gone & so is Woody. All that remains is a savagely ransacked & bloodied motel room their teenage daughter Nona & an increasingly sinister case to solve.