Sam has everything under control: a successful military career, a beautiful wife and two daughters. His younger brother is a drifter, living on the edge of the law. When Sam is sent to Afghanistan on a UN mission the balance between the two brothers changes forever. Sam is missing in action - presumed dead - and Grace is comforted by Tommy, her brother-in-law, who against all odds shows himself capable of taking responsibility for both himself and the family. It soon becomes clear that their feelings have developed beyond mutual sympathy. When Sam comes home, traumatized by being held prisoner in the mountains of Afghanistan, nothing is the same...