In the wake of the Vietnam War, Templeton comes home to an unwelcoming country. In his isolation, he flees to Mississippi and begins recreating the tunnels he spent so long fighting in. Years later, twenty-two year old Janey is dealing with her own family troubles and acclimating to her new job in sanitation. When her little brother mysteriously goes missing, she is pulled into a nightmare which echoes the trauma Templeton brought back with him. Tunnel Rats is a haunting exploration of loss and grief. It gives shape to the lingering remnants of mistakes made by people in our past, and how they affect us in our present.