In the wake of a series of panic attacks, isolated and introverted Carina takes a friend up on an offer: go to Greentree, Oregon, escape her abusive ex, and start a new life.

But upon arrival, the town is stranger than Carina could have ever imagined.

For one, they still have a video store.

For two, everyone is rich.

For three, what's up with all these scarecrows?

As Greentree's secrets begin to unravel, as the autumn sun bends below the corn, as scythes sharpen in the night-a violent revolution stirs.