A quiet college town fractures under a brutal murder spree; its campus streets torn open as police fumble leads that crumble to dust. A teenage runaway, scarred by a violent past, entangles with a reclusive professor cloaked in secrets, their clash igniting a jagged mystery that threatens to unravel everything.

As killings escalate, the town’s thirst for answers spirals, but every clue deepens the darkness. This raw noir crime tale—a relentless why-are-they, not a whodunit—spins guilt and stalled justice into a web of pity and suspicion.