After years of assaults on him in prison, convicted felon Cain Burgess escapes for avengement on those responsible.

The hunters become the hunted after a stranger obsessed with the Redwood Farm murders convinces bereaved family members to venture into the wilderness in hope of proving the existence of the notorious burlap masked maniac.

All the colour, depth and mystery of India's complex and riotous cultural heritage is brought to light in a single action which changes two countries forever.