In 1925's historic great race of mercy, a group of brave mushers travel 700 miles to save the small children of Nome, Alaska from a deadly epidemic.

"In a small Texas town, an innocent orphan boy, Francis, is hoping to find a place to call home. Maddie Blanton kindly welcomes her new charge, but her husband, Carl and his mother are suspicious of the boy. As Francis is becoming a man, and fueled by accusations from Carl's mistress, Vera, he is forced to leave the farm and finds employment with Jim Verret. Unsettling events draw him back to the Blantons, where courageously he embraces his new...