A baby's cry echoes in the basement of Proudshire Estate, yet there is no one left to hear her. At the request of an old friend, Clyde Barker, a private investigator, launches into a dangerous investigation at the Proudshire Estate. The south Georgian family bands together to find their missing cousin. However, nothing is what it seems. Clyde Barker's loyalties are tested as he fights to uncover the truth behind Dorothy-May Proudshire's vanishing, but not even the dead are willing to help him. One after another, the family starts to dwindle. Clyde will give it his all to stop the onslaught... but should he?

What do you do when you have nothing left to live for? A former investigator turned vagabond seeks the answer. After a heart-rending defeat five years, gifted-success-story Clyde Barker died to the world. He walks aimlessly alongside his scrappy Husky while the ghosts of the past haunt him. Seeking redemption, he helps a desperate widow investigate the disappearance of her rebellious son. His search quickly plunges him into West Virginia’s darkest recesses where he must confront an old adversary and undo years of damage. Even with his ability to communicate with the dead, the vagabond may just be embarking on his final journey.