WHEN ATLANTA POLICE DETECTIVE MICHAEL ORMEWOOD IS CALLED OUT TO A MURDER SCENE AT THE NOTORIOUS GRADY HOMES, HE FINDS HIMSELF FACED WITH ONE OF THE THE MOST BRUTAL KILLINGS OF HIS CAREER: ALEESHA MONROE IS FOUND IN THE STAIRWELL IN A POOL OF HER OWN BLOOD, HER BODY HORRIBLY MUTILATED. AS A ONE-OFF KILLING IT S SHOCKING, BUT WHEN IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT IT S JUST THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF SIMILAR ATTACKS, THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARE CALLED IN, AND MICHAEL IS FORCED INTO WORKING WITH SPECIAL AGENT WILL TRENT OF THE CRIMINAL APPREHENSION TEAM - A MAN HE INSTINCTIVELY DISLIKES. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER, THE VIOLENCE MICHAEL SEES AROUND HIM EVERY DAY EXPLODES IN HIS OWN BACK YARD. AND IT SEEMS THE MYSTERY BEHIND MONROE S DEATH IS INEXTRICABLY ENTANGLED WITH A PAST THAT REFUSES TO STAY BURIED ...