A group of progressives is forced to hide out at a remote ski lodge during a near-future civil war between the American right and the American left. The group faces dangers from not only its obvious enemies but from within its own ranks.

The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.