This fictional thriller, the first in a series, reflects the eccentric problems of love, faith, and duty as experienced by a young mother trapped in a snake-handling cult, and the man, Matt Fagan, who is hired to find and rescue her from the clutches of a fanatical preacher claiming to be a living god. In his effort to snatch the young mother and her baby son from the cult and return them to the arms of a worried family, Matt uncovers a dark and frightening secret from his past.