When a small mining town in outback Australia is rocked by a gruesome murder, American pathologist, Dr. Julia Delaney performs the autopsy and finds that the murder was committed in a particularly heartless and bestial way. Marginalised by her superiors, intent on sweeping this crime under the carpet, Dr. Delaney teams up with a hard as nails tough, outback cop. The brutal killer will do his best to silence both of them.....