An Amazon joy ride in a rented Cessna turns to disaster when Carrol Austin Sampson, Cass to his friends, crash lands deep in the Ecuadorian jungle. Struggling to survive and befriended by a local tribe that has no knowledge of the outside world, Cass discovers an ancient truth among his benevolent benefactors. Back in the states, Beth, Cass's wife of seven years, must learn to adapt to her new reality without her beloved husband as she tries to learn of his fate many thousands of miles away.