The conflict on the island echoes parallels in the brother’s relationship, Luke, a former soldier, physically unscathed but psychologically damaged by the savages of war, battles on in quiet rage, while Tyler ursine and bombastic, seems to fit in more with the islanders after sharing one night of drinking than he does with the brother with whom he has shared a lifetime. However, as events on the island spiral into more sinister murderous events Tyler has no choice but to realize that what his brother has become is a result of all he has endured, and that war itself is no longer confined to distant shores, but, in this day and age, can touch the ordinary man, in any place, at any time and savage him in every way.