Abdera Illinois, the bitter winter of 1973. A boy and his young stepmother consummate an erotic attachment, long buried. They are discovered, bloody murder ensues. The boy hits the road, running from the law and her brothers. He meets a man harbouring secrets and they head west, toward the ocean, and a trio of men who are already sharpening their blades. If it feels like destiny, it isn't. It's just luck, all of it bad.