A Woman is lured to a remote spot in the Scottish Highlands and strangled almost to the point of death. As she begs for mercy, her tormentor begins to carve her face before burying her alive. In Edinburgh, unorthodox lawyer Brodie McLennan becomes tangled up in the case. Meanwhile in an asylum in Inverness, a deranged patient writes the name Brodie over and over in her own blood. Brodie is running scared from unknown forces, eager to see blood on her hands.