Sheriff Maxwell Wilcox has dedicated his life to taking action and defending the vulnerable, but all that changes when he is forced to watch, paralyzed and helpless, as his wife succumbs to cancer.
Broken by his grief, Wilcox seeks solace in the wild emptiness of Southern Oregon where he's offered a temporary position as Sheriff of Jackson County.
The locals are good, salt-of-the-earth people, and Wilcox finds himself drawn to the district's medical examiner, Dr.
Heather Stone, whose sharp in.