He left me on a hike in Alaska, three days before a snowstorm. He thought I'd die. I didn't. I thought I knew him. I didn't. I didn't know him at all.

In 1958, at 18, Andrew is forced to give up his dream of becoming a professional violinist for life in the coal mines in a small town off the coast of Nova Scotia. This is not how he thought his life would turn out, but as he spots a pair of emerald green eyes showing the same sense of loss as him, he is drawn into a dangerous friendship. Can he uncover the loss within those deep green eyes and himself before a great disaster falls upon them?