In an American town, refugees begin arriving, seeking asylum from a war-ravaged nation. However, the twist is that these individuals are actually from America itself, escaping a conflict that erupts 250 years into the future. The narrative unfolds through the perspectives of a sheriff with a complicated history, a federal agent, and a mother desperately searching for her missing refugee daughter, all of whom become entangled in an unexpected conspiracy at the heart of this allegorical tale.