Minerva Banks is not as naive as she seems. She knows that the world is a dangerous place. Yet she also knows that there are places in the world that serve as a refuge. Minnie soon finds herself trapped in such a place - a place that takes in the sick, a place that takes in the injured, a place that takes in the dying, a place where the cured will fall, a place where the dead will rise, a place where sacrifices will be made, a place under the control of a man with a sinister secret.