The Spreeus are called in to investigate a fatal accident in the Karoo. They find a broken town, struggling to deal with years of road deaths. What's more, the accident - and the mysterious hitch-hiker who caused it - threaten to destroy a young couple's relationship. Bas and Beatrice decide to take a drive themselves.

When Annetjie is harassed in her bedroom at night, her husband blames young Victor. But his grandmother - and everyone in the area - claims that the culprit is not human. Bas and Beatrice are initially wary of stories of a tokoloshe, but before long they are confronted with a new kind of evil.