Sgt. Joe Kenda is faced with his worst nightmare when he learns a friend and fellow officer, Mark Dabling, has been killed in the line of duty. Police conduct an all-out manhunt and discover the gunman is even more dangerous than they'd thought.

In 1973, a young man named Joe Kenda quits his job to pursue his dream of being a police officer. The rookie is very confident until one night when he comes face to face with his own mortality and makes a decision that will forever shape his life.