A young man is released from prison with a chance to turn his life around. But the streets haven't changed since he left and the same hate, regret, and fear waits for him on the other side of the wall. Can he ever really be free?

Darren Prager is an aspiring writer who finds himself completely unable to comprehend the intricacies of human behavior. Obsessed with finding the key to understanding the nature of character, he turns a co-worker's family into the unwitting subjects of his new project. Darren's own humanity is soon put to the test when he goes beyond observational research to the realm of gross violation.