Pursuit, life, love and revenge in the English countryside. Captain Mark Wynstanley, ex SAS, is a man on the run pursued by the Provisional IRA. He finds a safe house in rural Kent, where he tries to realise his vision of Arcadia and recuperate through the healing powers of love and nature. However, unexpected encounters and events, linked to his past, play havoc with his new found tranquillity, and he becomes increasingly disillusioned . . .