Rules never much mattered to true-crime writer Frank Corso. So when the Texas police release a warrant with his name on it, he runs.

Accompanied by former lover Meg Dougherty, Corso heads straight into a furious blizzard and the pair are forced to seek shelter in an abandoned house.

But in their retreat, Corso and Meg make a horrific discovery - the grisly remains of Eldred Holmes and his family.

With the police firmly on his tail, Corso begins a murder hunt that will carry him through a chilling history of terror and bloodshed, rendering him the target of a rage-driven master of reinvention. And in this isolated community, no laws protect the innocent...