The Richards are a normal suburban family in Philly. Dirk is the unemployed father with a drinking habit. He drinks to forget an accident that caused him to lose his job. The accident was fatal for another boy's father. Dirk feels that he is responsible for the fatherless boy and takes him under his wing, even inviting him to dinner with his family. But the boy is not as seems and becomes increasingly malevolent towards the family, forcing Dirk to make a decision that will break him.

Neo-noir meets Texan influences in this 80s fiction about a retired MMA fighter living the rest of his days at a motel. Conall Warner is intent on the simple life until trouble arrives at his doorstep with the death of a close one. A murder to be solved for the cops and a body to mourn for the fighter. The tragedy leads Conall to spiral down a dark path in his mind as tensions emerge within a grim relationship with a resident. Conall must defeat his demons in the fighting cage he left behind years ago and also battle with the ever-deceiving world that he lives in, to claim the title in this slow burning tale. Will Conall be hunted down by his opponent, or will he train his eyes on the fight? Edited by @EvvyRxse