Marianna Clark, the one responsible for Ethan's loss of freedom, and who knew he was innocent, has a few devious plans of her own. As the two travel down the dark path of vengeance, toward an unknown destiny, the lines between right and wrong seem to become blurred.
While the characters move simultaneously in opposite directions, both discover personality traits they didn't know they had, good and bad. Both are obsessed with winning. And both come to the gloomy realization that winning is impossible in this theater of grand injustice, into which life has flung them. Yet, losing is not an option.