Naked, savagely beaten, a virginal anus repeatedly abused, culminating in a plastic bag placed over her head, sealed off with duck tape and chained to a wall, Karen discovers in what she thinks is the last desperate struggle for her young life, how quickly an innocent and daring exposure in the woods can escalate out of control. Blackmailed, she finds herself propelled down an irreversible tide of events, but who is pulling the strings? Karen is asking the wrong question. The question should be, who is orchestrating the string-pullers, but more importantly -- Why?