Onadesolate,Midwesterncountyroad,aboundmancrawlstowardsaremotepostalbox,managingtoslideablood-stainedplea-for-helpmessageintotheslotbeforeapanickingfigureclosesinbehindhim.ThenotemakesitswaytothecountypostofficeandontothedeskofJasper,aseasonedandskilled"deadletter"investigator,responsibleforinvestigatinglostmailandreturningittoitssender.Asheinvestigatesfurther,JaspermeetsTrent,astrangeyetunassumingmanwhohastakenupresidenceatthemen’shomewhereJasperlives.WhenTrentunexpectedlyshowsupatJasper’soffice,itbecomesclearhehasavestedinterestinthenote,andwillstopatnothingtoretrieveit.
展开