They can listen through your Echo or smartphone, even when the devices are asleep. They can watch you through your webcams, even when you’re asleep.

Best-selling author Huck Law has never heard of human trafficking rings targeting 32-year-old men, but when he wakes up in an abandoned car wash hundreds of miles from home, his horror story begins. People of all ages line those cold white walls and the terrified look in their eyes tells him they know something he doesn’t. There's something about the man in a three-piece suit with silver sweptback hair. The one they call Ambrose. The one who pricks their fingers and samples their blood before having it tested for disease.

With an unknown drug still running through his system, a sudden distraction gives Huck the chance to escape with two other captives - Johnny and Nina. Together, they fight through an untimely snowstorm, barely making it to an all-night diner where they meet Sheriff Bob Taylor and his young, enthusiastic deputy. Against all odds, Huck, Johnny, and Nina are safe. Or so they thought.

For when the lights go out, Huck and the other late-night patrons will have to set aside their stark differences and wage the fight of their lives to last until dawn. But one of them is not who they seem. One of them is helping Ambrose and his goons from the inside and will stop at nothing to execute their orders. Trapped in a darkened diner, Huck will uncover a secret that would shock even the most hardened priest....

There’s nothing human about these human traffickers.

When the smoke clears and the sun rises yet again, who will be left standing to tell the jittery townsfolk of Cottage Grove the horrifying tale of Bud’s Diner on Highway 59?

Us or them?