In a world stripped bare of natural resources, civilization has turned to an unthinkable solution: the systematic harvesting of human flesh. When the protagonist's wife is transported to ExeCo, a sprawling industrial facility nestled high in the mountains that has become the globe's premier processor of human meat, he embarks on a desperate ascent to reach her. Driven by the need to rescue her from the plant's mechanized depths, he must navigate both the physical mountain and the moral horrors of a society that has normalized the unthinkable.