During a routine autopsy, forensic pathologist Martin Revell finds a key in a suicide victim's stomach. His investigation into the seemingly inanimate object leads to a world of obsession, insanity, and homicide.
While trying to survive the worst drought in history, a family of farmers force their youngest brother down a path of crime and destruction... Betrayed and left for dead in an unfamiliar land, he must survive, endure and seek the revenge he deserves.