After the death of his beloved wife in a devastating fire, Jonathon Soter's life is in ruins. Drinking to excess and barely holding down his job as a teacher, he's a man lost with nothing to live for. But the sudden news that the boy who killed his wife, Donald McKinley, has been released early from prison, brings monumental change for Soter and gives him a new motivation. He begins a journey where he hopes to find his tormentor, to find an answer and perhaps to ultimately find redemption.