Worshipers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity's great black river on a dark road trip into the depths of unusual faith. As their pilgrimage lengthens acolytes Carpenter and Faulkner delve ever deeper in to a world of ritual, hidden language, and sacrifice. Where they find themselves under threat from a police manhunt and come into conflict with the weirder gods that have flourished in these forgotten rural territories.