They recruited Emily Ruff from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words. They'll live to regret it. They said Wil Parke survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember. Now they're after him and he doesn't know why. There's a word, they say. A word that kills. And they want it back . . .
艾蜜莉‧羅夫原本在街頭招搖撞騙，一個神秘組織看上她的字詞駕馭能力招募了她，殊不知這是個錯誤的決定。另一方面，一個名叫威爾‧帕克的男人在澳洲斷山鎮事件中倖存下來，但完全喪失了這段記憶，因此對於神秘組織的追趕困惑不已。根據神秘組織的消息，有個魔字能奪取性命，而他們極力想要奪回它。一場腥風血雨即將到來……