Thomas Myrtle returns from World War II with PTSD and a growing addiction that dismantles his marriage and leaves him homeless. His grandparents take him in during 1949, and he achieves sobriety — until his grandmother accuses him of stealing her medication, and he wakes up in her room surrounded by blood with no memory of the night and no sign of her. Consumed by guilt and fear, Thomas vanishes for twelve years. Now he is back, searching for the truth about what he did — or did not — do.