A wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he #39;s madly in love with. But when one of the hired kidnappers is accidentally killed during the charade, he #39;s forced to actually save her life while not revealing that it #39;s been a ruse all along.
Based on the 9th circle of hell in Dante's Inferno, Black Garden begins on Christmas Eve in the near future. It's eight days after the end of World War III and a handful of survivors wait to die, except one. As Kate makes contact with an unknown radio broadcaster, she travels on foot in search of his broadcast location until the true intention of the voice reveals himself.
