In the cold harsh winter of the Canadian Prairies a secret is about to be unearthed. Medical resident John Mueller finds himself in possession of a professor's coveted research. On the run, John evades enemies and authorities, unsure of who he can trust.
John must decode the professors past in order to understand the magnitude of what he has uncovered. But as John begins to understand the gravity of his discovery, the ultimate decision of how to proceed with this knowledge is far from clear. As he struggles to predict the ramifications of the research, he will ultimately shoulder the responsibility of deciding whether its knowledge will benefit humanity or accelerate its path to destruction.