When Peter Galloway takes Angela Ford and her two children into hiding to elude her abusive husband, they wind up in Prince George, British Columbia, where they are unexpectedly embroiled in a series of grisly murders at a nearby high school. With the help and hindrance of the local RCMP, Galloway and Ford struggle through a sea of bureaucracy, power games, and victimized teachers in hopes of catching a killer before the next body drops.