Imagine leading a law abiding life and suddenly becoming the victim of serious crime. How would you react? How would you cope with the event and its aftermath? These were questions that the Hartwell family had never had to consider until one dark winter's night when four men brutally intruded on their lives and the nightmare began... From the incident, through the police investigation and subsequent court case, pressures on the family and their relationships mount, exposing difficult and painful flaws. As they grapple with their unfolding circumstances their tolerance, love and faith in each other and humanity are tested to breaking point as they attempt to emerge from the dark events, to adjust and to seek recovery...