A mentally unstable 22-year-old war veteran evolves from a petty thief and ransacker to brutal killer. Gene, a disgraced ex-cop father, is forced to confront the fiercest nemesis of his entire life: his own son.

Paul Sarling, a mentally unstable 22-year-old war veteran of Schooner, California, evolves from petty thief and ransacker to serial killer. Gene Sarling, Paul's disgraced ex-cop father (and recovering alcoholic), is forced to confront the fiercest nemesis of his entire life: his own son.