As a child Luke's mother often tells him the story of the Dumb House an experiment on newborn babies raised in silence designed to test the innateness of language As Luke grows up his interest in language & the delicate balance of life & death leads to amateur dissections of small animals
- tiny hearts revealed still pumping as life trickles away But as an adult following the death of his mother Luke's obsession deepens resulting in a haunting & bizarre experiment on Luke's own children