The Darkling

Berta and Bob Henderson have plenty of love for their children--and enough even for a foster child. When Annie a young amnesiac found wandering the streets of a nearby city comes into their home bad things begin to happen.Mimi Bosarge the live-in tutor has a deep love for Coden Alabama which in the 1940s was a hideaway for movie stars and the wealthy. By 1976 Coden has been long forgotten. Bobs plans to renovate the old hotel on the Mississippi Sound would bring new life--and returned glamour--to the small isolated community.As Mimi prepares lessons she begins to see another child on the grounds. One that looks eerily like Annie at times--but at other times mimics the physical traits of the other children. It becomes clear this creature whatever it is is stalking the Henderson family.Annie begins to display a sophistication beyond her years and as tragedy strikes the family one by one Mimi carries the burden of protecting the children.Mimi believes Annies innocent beauty is a sham but how reliable is Mimi? For the children the truth is the only thing that can save them.