For her complete life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah has recognized. Together with a band of equally cloistered younger girls she lives seemingly unstuck in time, minimize off from trendy society in a distant forest commune presided over by a person referred to as Shepherd, a controlling, messiah-like determine with a daunting darkish aspect. However when her insular world is rocked by a collection of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins to query every little thing about her existence—together with her allegiance to the more and more harmful Shepherd.