Clinging to civilisation, deep in the wilds of Ireland, lies the vast and remote estate of Knowl. Forbidding, imposing - a place of secrets, ominously looming over the surrounding forest. Knowl is no home for a young woman, and certainly not for Maud, just 18 years old. Freshly burdened with the sudden death of her father, and granted inheritance to his entire estate, Maud is alone, unschooled in the ways of society, and vulnerable. The wolves begin to circle.