"In 1587, 117 colonists disappeared without a trace from Roanoke Island, North Carolina, leaving behind not only unanswered questions, but a terrifying evil. Twelve-year-old Jack Dahlgren hates his new home on Roanoke Island. Not only does Dad treat him like a baby, but now Dad blames him for his little sister's accident as well. And no one at school wants to get to know the kid who lives in the old Ellis 'haunted' house. Could things get any worse? Jack is about to find out it can. Inside a mysterious cave on the bluff next to Jack's new home, a terrifying evil awaits, the same malevolent curse surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the Lost Colony .... With the help of an elusive Mastiff and new-found friend, Manny, a Native American shaman, Jack must discover what this devil is and find a way to put an end to its eternal hatred."--Page 4 of cover.