牛孟祥是阳照高中的一位语文老师，被市里委派到重点贫困村褚家坡村担任第一书记。连续几天的暴雨，让还没上任的牛孟祥很着急，因为褚家坡村在半山腰，随时可能出现危险。牛孟祥跟校长申请后决定去村里看看，没想到的事情恰恰发生了。牛孟祥正式上任，准备在这里开展一番事业，面对家人的不理解，村民的不信任，地理环境的恶劣，牛书记想尽一切办法去克服。孩子上学需要绕路加上刘艳家孩子走丢的事情让牛书记下定决心要修路，面对他的又是一系列问题……件件打得他措手不及，就在他一筹莫展之时，好像又有了新的曙光……
In Josh Sternfeld's meticulously crafted murder mystery, a Catskills police detective (Nick Stahl) charged with investigating a juvenile homicide in an affluent suburb finds he must return to his struggling hometown of Caswell to find the killers. As his investigation picks up intensity, the grieving mother begins a battle of will and vengeance with members of Caswell, igniting a class war between two vastly different towns in rural America.
