When the conflict over an oil pipeline comes to a head, Alice, a woman still coping with the loss of her son, finds herself in the middle of her blood relatives, who are entrenched in the oil business, and the extended indigenous family of her childhood, whose land is at risk. Before the shovels hit the ground and the truth of two, mysterious, cold-case disappearances come to light, Alice is going to have to make some tough choices, resulting in her life and others’ being changed forever.