A series of ritual murders shakes the small town of Bright Falls on the Pacific Northwest Coast. The experienced FBI agent Saga Anderson has already solved many hopeless cases. Now she is supposed to investigate these murAnderson's case degenerates into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that is slowly becoming reality. Writer Alan Wake, trapped in a nightmare beyond our world, writes a dark story to change the reality around him and escape his prison. Hunted by sinister terrors, Wake struggles to not lose his mind, trying to beat the devil with his own weapons. Anderson and Wake struggle desperately in separate realities, yet are connected at heart in a way they don't comprehend: they mirror each other, repeat each other, and influence the worlds that surround them.