Lush, a deceptively tranquil, the secluded island┬а┬аbasks in splendid isolation off the South Carolina┬а┬аcoast--as does the Devereaux mansion, a once-great┬а┬аplantation house now crumbling amidst the ancient┬а┬аoaks. Now, for the first time in two decades,┬а┬аKevin Devereaux has returned here with his wife and┬а┬аchildren to visit Kevin's hated, and frightening┬а┬аmother. She said she was ill--but is that really why┬а┬аthe old woman has summoned the son she has not┬а┬аseen in so many years? Suddenly, horribly, one of┬а┬аthe Devereauxs is going to die. And now, all the┬а┬аdark secrets of this once-proud family will emerge┬а┬аto wrap their evil around the unsuspecting┬а┬аchildren. Until, in the shadowed corridors and┬а┬аdust-covered rooms of the decaying old house, they learn the┬а┬аtrue terror of The Unloved.