It was a simpler time. Widower Jacob Ernst struggles to raise his two young sons, Nathan and Mead, on their modest farm. As they chase raccoon through the nighttime forest, Jacob teaches his sons the legends of their hometown and a deep respect for all woodland creatures. For this is Painted Post-a storied place where the lessons of life, love, and death play out beneath its mighty oaks. But worlds collide. Evil follows the Ernsts and their hounds...