Newspaper reporter Luke Sorenson has recently moved to a new town in upstate New York. Despite the change in scenery, Luke cannot run away from a brutal, harrowing past driven by the death of his only child, Emily. Soon, Luke is propelled into a dangerous case of child abduction, an eerie reminder of losing his daughter. An eight-year-old boy named Daniel Hadley is kidnapped from his own bedroom and it is Luke, battling his own demons, who is assigned the story of the year. As pieces of Luke's mysterious, violent past are revealed, so are the sinister secrets to his daughter's demise, sending Luke into a tailspin of heavy drinking and self-torment. The search for Daniel is on, but it may be too late for everyone involved.