The very worst of human nature rears it's head as panic, confusion and fear take hold and the small Kansas town starts to come apart at the seams.

When a school bus crashes due to the explosion, the prodigal son of the town's mayor, Jake Green becomes the reluctant and unexpected hero.

The cause of the attacks is unclear. It could be terrorist attacks, it could be a full scale nuclear war, but what is certain is that the town has got to come to terms with a very different reality to what it is used to and it must do so quickly if it is to survive.