Richard Farris, a man with a dark past, survives the worst blizzard to ravage the Kansas plains in decades only to discover a woman near death in a snow bank. Cut off by the storm, Richard and his faithful St. Bernard Charlie fight for the life the woman, Sophia, against a shadowy military unit that descends out of nowhere upon them. His home and life in ruins, Richard goes on the run. Months later in California, Sophia finds him again-one step ahead...