Imagine your worst nightmare. You send your child to school, you consider your child is safe, and then you hear on news that there is gunman who takes the kids as hostages.
What would you do?
Holly is young divorced mother who used to live in Broken Branch, but couldn't wait to run away from there. After a fire in her house, she is in hospital with severe burns, while her two children are staying with her parents back in Broken Branch.
Holly's father, Will, takes care for the family and the farm. He isn't in a good relationship with his daughter, but takes his grandchildren on the farm while Holly is in hospital. Finding out that there is gunman who threats them, he takes the things in his own hands.
Augie is one of the kids. She suffered a lot with the divorce of her parents and moving to the small town of Broken Branch didn't do any good to her. She has her own way of expressing the feelings. The person she loves most is her little brother P.J. and she would do anything to protect him, anything.