In the 1950s, the small Pennsylvania town of Redstone was shaken by a series of inexplicable events — several families woke one morning to find their parents simply gone, with no explanation that anyone could find. Detective Alasdair, a veteran investigator with an impressive record, was assigned to the cases. He never solved them. Years passed. Then the disappearances started again, and Alasdair was reassigned to the same town, the same kind of case, and the same silence that defeated him the first time.