Dr. Ashe Walters is violently pulled back into the life that he had chosen to walk away from four years before, a life in which he worked with the YPD to hunt down criminals, a life that had led to the savage killing of his lovely wife. As Ashe fights to prove that his only son is innocent of murder, he finds his mental abilities, his beliefs, his sanity, and his overall faith in reality tested.While serving as an outside psychological consultant for the Youngstown Police Department of Youngstown Ohio, Ashe had once assisted Detective Oscar Harrison and the YPD Homicide Division in the investigation and pursuit of many types of criminals, spanning from jealous and vengeful housewives to chaotic and sometimes maniacal serial killers. Some cases would take the psychologist deep down into mud with the filth of society. But it was a duty that he happily juggled with his part-time career at the Wilson Maximum Security Prison. He enjoyed the work. He enjoyed the chase. He enjoyed stopping the so-called bad guys of the world. Until one investigation went horribly wrong leaving his beautiful wife dead and his sturdy family shattered. After choosing to walk away from the YPD and his long-time friend, Ashes decided to take a full-time position at the prison and lock himself away within its thick stone walls. Four years passed since the death of his wife and Dr. Ashe Walters continues to focus his every waking moment on being a Forensic Psychologist for the prison. From his office deep in the dusty catacombs, he spends his days and nights navigating the minds and methods of dangerous criminals, in an attempt at understanding the factors at the root of the madness. It is often a frustrating and demanding career, one that challenges him time after time, but he is content with his niche in life. That is until an unexpected phone call from an old friend forces Ashe to dig up the bones that he had been desperately struggling to keep buried. A new crime has come across the homicide desk, one involving the brutal slaying of a college student, shot to death while asleep in his bed. Ashe wishes he could ignore the case, but the suspect turns out to be his own son, Scott. Even though the relationship between his son and himself had long turned distant and strained, Ashe refuses to believe that his son is capable of such a cold blooded crime. Against the bizarre demands of Detective Harrison, he begins his own investigation, focusing on proving Scott’s innocence. He is immediately swallowed up by questions and doubts. Could his son actually be guilty? Why did the crime resemble that of another, well publicized slaying? And then there is the mysterious pill. What Ashe discovers along the way forces him to travel darkened roads, the ones that lead deep into the lunacy that might exist within us all. As he fights to discover the facts about Scott and the brutal murder, he must also come to terms with his own limitations, as a psychologist and as a father. The possibilities begin to stack up and Ashe finds his mental abilities, his beliefs, his sanity, and his overall faith in reality tested.
