Small, deformed, and damaged, 13-year-old Michael Platt was rejected from foster homes as far back as he could remember. Sent to live with his ex-con dad and sadistic half-brother Cole in the desolate town of Goldstrike in the Nevada desert, his life becomes unbearable. Michael's father sells him to make a few dollars cleaning toilets around town; Cole beats and tortures him endlessly. His life is engulfed by humiliation and violence at the hands of his own family. They think he's weak. They think he's stupid. But he's a Platt, too.And he's going to get his revenge.