Following the murder of a couple by their 11-year old son, Detective Harry Ambrose returns to his hometown in rural New York to assess the unsettling and heart wrenching crime. As Ambrose realizes there's nothing ordinary about the boy or where he came from, the investigation pulls him into the hidden darkness of his hometown. He finds himself pitted against those who'll stop at nothing to protect it's secrets - and the mysterious Vera who proves to be a complicated, enigmatic piece to this haunting puzzle.