 John J. Macreedy doesn t know it, but when he steps off the train at the jerkwater town of Black Rock, he will soon find himself the object of fear, hatred, and even a murder plot! The altruistic Macreedy came to Black Rock to hand over a posthumous military award to a local man whose son had died gallantly in the Second World War. What Macreedy couldn t know when he stepped off of that train was that the town had a shameful secret, one that must be kept at all costs.