Blake Stanley is the owner of a large cattle station in the remote centre of Australia. Struggling to run the large property while also raising his young son alone, he decides to enlist the help of a housekeeper. From the first moment he saw Terry Johnson and her young son, he knew they would not last long in the outback and had serious doubts she had ever worked on a cattle station before. Against his better judgement he agrees to give her a chance. While out mustering cattle he receives a desperate plea for help over the helicopter radio, but the call is cut short; it was from Terry's young son Dale. On arriving back at the homestead he finds Terry lying face down in a pool of blood and Dale is nowhere to be found; sparking a Nation Wide search for not only the young boy, but a mystery shooter. As the search continues all hope of finding the boy alive begin to fade; but also disturbing facts begin to unfold about Terry. Late one night Blake receives a strange phone call, setting him off on his own search for answers "Who is Terry Johnson and what part did the young boy play?" He soon discovers a sinister plot; one which raises the stakes even higher, in the race to find the young boy alive!