Etienne grows up in the putrid ruins of an antebellum manor amidst the backdrop of rural Louisiana swamplands where slithering reptiles and web-weaving spiders vastly outnumber the people. There he meets the charismatic, out-going Jonah.
Suddenly Etienne's tedious little world changes. An unexpected love blooms between the men, but unimaginable forces threaten to tear them apart.