But I say unto you, That you resist not evil.
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
A tattoo of a serpent with a human face on the sinewy arm of Lee Roy Sears, a convicted killer whose death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment, thanks to the intervention of an idealistic young lawyer, Michael O'Meara. Now, ten years a model prisoner, Lee Roy has been paroled. If Lee Roy Sears seems to represent all that is dark and twisted in humanity, Michael and the exquisitely lovely Gina stand for all that is sunlit and bright. They have success, social position, a wonderful marriage, a pair of perfect twins as their children. Thus the stage is set for a drama that on the surface seems to echo the fearful fable of the Garden of Eden.