India, 1825: the nation lives in mortal worry of cult members often called the “Deceivers." They commit theft and ritualistic homicide. Appalled by their actions, an English army man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to cease them. In disguise, he plans to himself turn into a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever current in Savage’s adventures is a way of dread; he's in fixed worry of betrayal and vengeance and likewise undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.
