A small city newspaper publisher sits on his deathbed, unable to speak, looking at his eldest son in hate and heartbreak before he dies.When a phone call from the dying publisher's son sets in motion a cross-country journey, a man who has existed in the shadows most of his life is drawn into a bloody destiny that is inexplicably linked to the publisher's past.Years in the past, one man's desperate desire to save his family's legacy drives him to make an unthinkable deal with the devil, a pact that will shatter lives and haunt him forever.Private Investigator Randall Arthur is thrust into a race against time, his every move a step closer to uncovering a long-held secret and protecting a family from utter catastrophe.