There's a storm brewing in Gallow: angry parents, protests at the school, a new priest up at the church with some very clear ideas on sin... and an unfamiliar face in the cottage on the edges of the village, carving sculptures out of skin and bone.

It's a powder keg. Even before the protestors start disappearing...

Jodie doesn't want trouble - just to be left alone to raise her son in peace.

Tanya wants more God and less wickedness in her own son's studies.

Tara wants to leave her complicated past behind her, if only it would let her go.

And all Jonas wants is to get some work done - and if he can make peace with his father while he's at it, then so much the better.

But the woman in the cottage and the priest up at the church - they have very different goals in mind. And Jodie and Tanya, Tara and Jonas... they're about to get caught in the crossfire.