Ordered by his father, the county sheriff, Officer Gabriel McQueen bitterly sets out to find a neighbor who has gone missing in the midst of a bad winter storm. To make matters worse, the missing person is none other than Lolly Helton, a woman with whom Gabriel remains on bad terms. However, when he discovers that Lolly's home has been invaded by gunmen, resulting in her kidnapping, Gabriel must take to the woods alone and without backup to save them both.