It is the end of World War II. The Reich is crumbling; the Russians are advancing. Only the shadows of men still remain. Into this silence, into these woods, two boys escape the guns of the death marches for an even deadlier journey--finding a way home. But they are not alone. Out of the chaos emerge two stray German soldiers retreating from the front lines. Trapped in the middle of a torrential snowstorm, all four find shelter in the same abandoned barn. When their paths cross the following morning, each of their lives are tragically changed forever.