When Cooper O'Connor, the son of a famous itinerant preacher, leaves his father at the age of 18, he dreams of a music career in distant Nashville. He carries with him a guitar and the belief that he will succeed with his extraordinary talent. However, things do not go as planned. It is only when Cooper meets the musician Daley Cross, a vocal prodigy in search of good songs, that his fortunes seem to finally change. But he becomes the victim of a tragedy that destroys not only his career but also his life. Now, there is only one refuge left for him: his father's cabin high in the Colorado mountains. But even there, nothing is as it once was. When Daley suddenly reenters his life twenty years later, it is high time for Cooper to confront his past.