Obscure is a coming-of-age journey of a teenage boy who sexually awakens after discovering the sexual relationship between his father figure and sister figure. The story takes place in a self-contained universe, a desolate farm. Jamie spends his days working on the farm with livestock, in fear of his tyrannical father, and in the close, intimate company of his sister Lou. Lou's sexual and gender identity is repressed. She is a tough, unschooled teenage girl, who suffers harsh, repetitive farm work as well as assaults from her father. Jamie and Lou's sibling love and companionship, which once served to counterbalance familial strangeness, is now disturbed after Jamie develops a sexual desire for Lou.
