After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.
The main character and others are led to believe that their real life is at the institution and that nothing still exists of their old lives. They are lied to constantly and made to feel like they are the crazy ones. They are told their loved ones are dead and they killed them.