One night, Liam returns home from a hunting trip in the mountainous woods and immediately notices something's wrong: his five-year-old son Aru isn't waiting for him in front of the house. He spots bear tracks in the courtyard, and next to them, the lifeless body of his wife. Beneath her body is his son. Alive.
His life my has fallen apart, Liam knows one thing for sure: this savage world is no place for a child. Determined to get his son somewhere safe and far away, he sets out with him on horseback. But who knows what may befall a man in the deep dark forest, especially a grief-stricken, rageful man with a terrified child in tow?