Hunter Brown, a United States Marine, knows the Middle East like the back of his hand. For years, he has fought on the front lines, trying to eliminate evil and maintain liberty. In 2000, Hunter gets deployed to Iraq and is captured by an uprising extremist group. For five years, he is held hostage and tortured by the men who took him. Meanwhile at home, Hunter's wife, Colette, struggles to move on as she realizes her husband won't be returning. She is told that he is missing, although she can't help but think he's gone forever. As Hunter never stops fighting on the other side of the world to make it home, Colette and their children move on without him. Despite Hunter's will to survive, it's not an easy fight. Is he destined to return home, or will fate get in his way?