It is 1930 and Defellow Ford knows hunger is not just a problem for his family. But things are about to go from bad to worse when--during a squirrel hunting expedition--Defellow stumbles onto a murdered hobo. After Defellow robs the man, he has no idea that an evil shadow is already making its presence known in Twomey, Tennessee. Defellow summons a deputy constable and takes him to the crime scene, but he is shocked to discover the body is missing...