When Nathan Merchant disappeared while ice fishing, authorities assumed he’d fallen through the ice and drowned. But when he reappears almost two years later with no memory of the time he’s been gone, his story proves to be a far more perplexing one. Abel Kaufman, a journalist for a cynical online publication called The Ruse , is sent to investigate. Burdened by a severe addiction, and wrestling with an unresolved event from his own past, Abel soon becomes obsessed with Nathan’s story. As he ventures further into the mystery, and into his own painful memories, Abel uncovers things that defy reason. But is it the truth, or an intricate web of deceit