On the day that Minister Peters boards a train from South Carolina heading north, he has nothing left but ghosts: the ghost of his murdered wife, the ghost of his drowned daughter, the ghosts of his father and his grandmother and the people who disappeared from his town without trace or explanation.
Costretto a lasciarsi alle spalle il suo clan e i suoi figli, Ishtar barcolla in una vasta landa selvaggia e incontra un nomade del deserto che lo ama come un figlio.
