Men and women from across Southern California vanish without a trace.

A backyard firepit in a suburb of Los Angeles contains the gruesome evidence of a dangerous cult.

And two investigators hunt for a missing girl before she, too, pays a steep price for leaving home.

Private investigator Brynna McLeish and her partner, Marcus Wills, struggle to pay the too-high rent in Pasadena and are willing to take any case that lands on their desks. A missing teenager soon becomes more than just another way to make a living. The investigation will bring them face to face with an obsessive group - one that has been luring people with hope and exacting an unusual cost for membership.