▁into ▁a ▁religious ▁cult ▁based ▁around ▁a ▁blood th irst y ▁de ity ▁called ▁“ He ▁Who ▁Wal ks ▁Be hind ▁the ▁R ows ”. ▁Isaac ▁and ▁his ▁sub ordinate , ▁ 1 8 - year - old ▁Mal achi , ▁lead ▁the ▁children ▁in ▁a ▁revolution , ▁murder ing ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁adult s ▁( ages ▁ 1 9 ▁and ▁up , ▁since ▁ 1 8 - year - olds ▁are ▁seen ▁as ▁half way ▁between ▁te en ager ▁and ▁adult ) ▁in ▁town ▁as ▁human ▁sacrific es . ▁Only ▁Job ▁and ▁his ▁sister ▁Sarah , ▁are ▁not ▁involved , ▁as ▁Sarah ▁was ▁sick ▁and ▁Job ▁was ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁meet ings ▁in ▁the ▁corn ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁children . ▁It ▁is ▁revealed ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁cred its ▁that ▁Sarah ▁has ▁vis ions , ▁which ▁are ▁port rayed ▁through ▁the ▁cred its ▁via ▁draw ings . ▁ ▁Three ▁years ▁later , ▁on ▁October ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁V icky ▁B ax ter ▁and ▁her ▁boy friend ▁B urt ▁St anton ▁travel ▁through ▁rural ▁Neb r aska ▁on ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁Seattle , ▁where ▁B urt ▁will ▁start ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁phys ician . ▁Else where , ▁a ▁young ▁boy ▁named ▁Joseph ▁tries ▁to ▁fle e ▁G at lin , ▁but ▁is ▁attacked ▁in ▁the ▁corn ; ▁he ▁st umb les ▁out ▁into ▁the ▁road ▁and ▁B urt ▁accident ally ▁runs ▁him ▁over ▁with ▁his ▁car . ▁However , ▁B urt ▁disco vers ▁that ▁his