故事讲述住在一个屋檐下的一对同父异母的姐妹凯西跟温蒂，彼此都看对方不顺眼。在台风天的夜里，父亲因为工作而需要离开家几天。将两姐妹托给保姆多莉照顾。不巧家里因为台风而断电，多莉冒雨向外求援后却一去不复返，而门外似乎又有不明人物在游荡，两姐妹必须尽弃前嫌，才能逃出生天。

Anne嫁给了小镇的牧师，三十年过去，她觉得她的生活和婚姻持续地缩小中。一次机缘之下，她与「大师」有了接触，她发掘了新的力量，想要活得比以往更大胆。Anne在全新的自己和过往的自己中不断拉扯，死亡数字增加，Jakob意识到他必须为了老婆而战。

January is forced to return home after six years traveling abroad. A near-fatal accident has left her temporarily wheelchair bound and depleted of her long-term memory. She is accompanied by her boyfriend 'Callum' whom she met whilst traveling. He was also the driver in the fateful accident. Not only has she forgotten her family, but her childhood as well and is surprised to discover that her home is a stately manor in the middle of the country-side. As January tries to settle in, she finds herself becoming even more estranged from her family, who just want their daughter back. The trouble is, she cannot remember who that daughter was, or why she ran away in the first place. Desperate to discover why she left all those years ago and with Callum's help, she sets out to find the truth. They soon discover the family are not as loving as they seem to be. Was there a dark reason why she left them in the first place

　　第三次世界大战已经发生，美国面临崩溃。九个陌生人躲藏在得克萨斯州农村农舍地窖。他们是在核攻击中幸存下来的受害者。他们在等待政府援救的同时必须得抵挡住饥饿，幽闭恐惧症，性格冲突，放射病和成群的恐惧，死亡的难民，这一切都能够随时将他们毁灭。不过很快最后的灾难来临了……

　　一位前小提琴家从一次使她失明的袭击中康复，与此同时，她开始对出现在她生活中的新人及其令人不安的行为产生了怀疑。