The Prickling is a fiction thriller about an overworked paralegal, Ashley, struggling in her personal life. She goes to the mountains for the weekend to clear her head and make some tough choices. While hiking with her dog, she falls, strikes her head, and passes out. When she wakes up on a stranger's shoulder, she thinks she is being rescued. She is wrong. Now she is fighting for her life as a serial killer torments her in a cave. Fortunately for Ashley, her dog was trained in hide and seek and helped aid in her rescue. Unfortunately for her, the killer is not through with her, and now she is on the run with him hot on her trail. Will she discover the truth before it's too late?