The trial of parents accused of molestation plants the seeds for what becomes an alleged underground child sex ring called The Circle in Wenatchee, Washington.

After Pastor Roby Roberson sets out to fight on the behalf of innocents who are being railroaded, he and his wife are arrested and their only child goes on the run to avoid the law.

The Serpent eyes the detective behind the investigation, whose troubled 9-year-old foster daughter becomes the impetus for wild accusations that unfold.

Child Protective Services whistleblowers speak out about injustice and retaliation by their superiors.

A family who attends Roby's church are arrested and coerced to implicate their pastor, but they refuse to cooperate.

The emancipators arrive just in time in the form of outside media and attract the attention of the Innocence Project; the accused are finally released one by one over a period of time and attempt to salvage their families and lives.