When Cassie and Billy make their way across the Mississippi to claim land and to start a new life together, they are filled with hopes for what awaits them. Working together to build a home and make a homestead together, Billy soon finds out about the threat that overshadows their lives. Helped by neighbours, will Billy and Cassie be able to carve out a safe lifestyle together? The ghosts from the past haunt Billy as he recalls the death of his mother...