Van H. Avram, private investigator, is a tragic gumshoe living from one case to the next, getting past on his good looks and sharp mind. A mysterious client visits him, but declining the case sets him off on a destructive spiral driving him from death to death in a dark world that sucks him deeper. He uncovers that his own past is not what he thinks, and his role in the disturbing events is pivotal in the destruction of the world.