Dane Alden was a photo journalist whose livelihood depended upon tragedy; yet he wasn't prepared for that tragedy to meet so close to home. Then, one summer on assignment in Baghdad, he met Ellen Veers and his life would never be the same. Now years later, her photograph haunts him, a spot, The Spot, slowly growing within it and clouding his life in obsession and pain. His only salvation? Uncovering the truth of that photo before its too late.