When four Revolutionary War soldiers are captured by the British and later paroled their commanding officers refuse to accept their parole. In order to secure their parole from the British they had to promise to return home and fight against them no more. Since their enlistments were up long before the men chose to stand by their word. One dark night they left and traveled to a small pond in the town of Durant, New Hampshire. Travel with these men as they struggle to survive in the wilderness.