After assuming control over a prison labor camp in rural America, Ray Stanton, his family, and their ragtag militia must answer the question, "What do we do now?" Too late in the season to abandon the bounty of the farm, they choose to remain there and secure as much food as possibly to prepare for the challenging winter. But those who manage the camp from a distance have other ideas. Increasing their demands on the already oppressed people of the camp leads to curious fact-finding journeys and tense confrontations, as it becomes clear that the only way to survive is to fight back. Outgunned and outmatched, those who believe in the concepts of liberty and freedom realize just how cunning they'll need to be in order to defend them.