Linus Jackson is twice scorned by nemesis Manfred Axsom; once as a teenager, then again as a young man. He seeks mortal revenge when Axsom causes tremendous suffering to Ahyoka, the love of his life. Linus hides away after the payback. The hidden life of Linus Jackson erupts forty-years later when, as an old man, the dark secrets of his youth are discovered and truth, regardless of how ugly, demands being uncovered.