In Saintstone, everyone gets tattoos recording their deeds from birth until death, and the ink lets every other citizen know your triumphs as well as your sins. So when Leora's father dies and she glimpses a symbol of a horrible crime on the back of his neck, she is horrified and sure it is a mistake. In her efforts to find out the truth, she discovers the lengths that Saintstone will go to preserve its "perfect" society.