Ray Watts is an out-of-work artist living above his gallery in funky-chic Hudson, New York, and he’s just hit rock bottom. His muse has abandoned him, his girlfriend’s dumped him—and unless he pays his half of the mortgage on their house, he’s about to be homeless too. But when Ray’s ex-wife dies in a fiery car crash, he’s suddenly reminded of the last time he hit rock bottom—when he and his wife were members of a cult. A cult ruled by a single, sinister commandment: NEVER SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WE DO. So Ray takes up with a new muse: he’ll publish a tell-all book about the cult, use the advance money to pay off his half of the mortgage, and all his problems will be solved. But then a brick crashes through his window. It's just the first in a series of anonymous attacks. When he started his book, he began pursuing his past with all the passion he once brought to art and music. He didn't count on his past coming after him.