A bereaved mother seeking solace in the rural Carolina countryside instead finds herself embroiled in a depraved, backwoods fever dream, an animal lover's nightmare: Finding a beautiful, secluded home far from Randi Margrave's troubled life in the city seems like a step in the right direction-away from ruinous grief over her sweet son Denny, killed in a tragic accident.

Until, that is, she discovers her creampuff of a house sits uphill from a mysterious, camouflaged compound by the river, and from which she begins to hear a haunting chorus-dogs in distress. The sound of suffering.

And once Randi learns the shocking truth about her new neighbors and their dogs, she'll decide to risk all she has left-including her own life-to stop Esau and Julius Macon from ever abusing another innocent animal.