Tammond Dale, a peaceful burg of succor and madness cowers at the whim of Rabbit Rue, who sups upon the souls of the undone. Malicious Rue, spinner of dreams that rend and tempt oblivion to swirl through madness and despair, rules unopposed and unknown, biding 'till his shackles fall to cinders. This town has failed to shrug the churn and plods among the damned, clinging to tattered shreds of former, cliched lives. When providence blows Kyle and his family to the harrowed gulch and into the arms of Adriana, the girl Rue so jealously guards, he too becomes snared within warped visions of insanity and horror. Confused and fatigued by Rue's cruel assault, he unearths clues that lead to Old Town, a hollow bastion of Tammond Dale's uneasy past. But to resist is exhausting, and he withers, and Rue is aided by relentless minions in wisps of swirling shadow. His life, humanity, and realty all hinge on understanding he lacks. His only hope exists beyond time, and the glimmer of escape from chaos it can offer..."