Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.

In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.

In a corrupt city, two ex-mercenaries, Trav and Stephano, are haunted by the ghosts of their past. When their younger sister is abducted and trafficked by a cartel, the brothers launch a desperate mission to bring her home. But their rescue erupts into bloodshed when she is tragically murdered before their eyes.

In a corrupt city, two former mercenaries, Trav and Stefano, are chasing the ghosts of their past. When their younger sister is kidnapped and trafficked by a cartel, the brothers release a desperate mission to bring her home. But their rescue explodes into bloodshed when tragically killed before their eyes.