Handsome, wealthy Magnus Blackwell forges an unlikely friendship with Jacob O’Connor—a working class student at Harvard. But their bond is challenged by a woman; one Magnus wants, but Jacob gets. Magnus seeks solace in New Orleans, where after an encounter with Oscar Wilde, he becomes immersed in a world of depravity and voodoo, inevitably becoming the inspiration for Dorian Gray. Soon, two men bent on revenge will lay the foundation for a curse that will forever alter their destinies.