Detective Thomas Holder is obsessed with searching for his kidnapped daughter. His only clue is that her kidnapper was involved in a religious sect. When Jesse, a fifteen-year-old boy accused of murder escapes from an elusive cult high in the Swiss Alps, Holder decides to use him as a way to get inside the walls of the mysterious community. Jesse is running for his life. Framed for the murder of his best friend, Jesse escapes into the alpine wilderness. Suffering a gunshot wound and a mind poisoned by years of misinformation, Jesse must learn to trust strangers as he tries to clear his name and find a freedom he has never known. When Holder's and Jesse's paths cross, neither is prepared for the effect the pursuit of truth will have on their lives or the lives of those around them.