WaylandreturnshomeafterbeinginthewarinAfghanistan.Hereturnshomenotonlyinjuredandsufferingseizuresbutalsotofindthefamilyheleftbehindhasdisintegratedinhisabsence:hiswifehasbecomeanalcoholicandhisdaughterhaslefthomeandthenvanishedwithoutatrace.Heisdeterminedtofindhisdaughterbuthisinvestigationuncoversadark,sinisterworldwherenothingisquitewhatitseems.TomakemattersworsehesuffersterrifyingflashbacksofhistimeinAfghanistan.Hisquestbecomesnotonlyaboutfindingherbutalsoaboutdiscoveringwhoandwhathehasbecome.WaylandislookingforsomethingheleftbehindinthekillingfieldsofHelmandProvince-hishumanityandhissoul.