The Junior class of the Prairie Winds School of Flight has flown over two hundred miles to compete in the annual South Dakota competition for red-tailed hawks.

Two days later with the competition completed, they depart for home despite threatening weather. The happy young flyers eagerly take to the air, their youthful hearts beating as one. But eight hours into their twelve-hour flight, they disappear without a trace.

When Kate Flannery, a friend of the hawks since the age of twelve, learns the class has gone missing, she launches a rescue mission. Heading off into the teeth of the South Dakota storm, Kate is determined to find the missing young red-tailed hawks.

However, Kate finds herself facing much worse than the dangers of the blizzard. Once again, hawks and humans must unite to help save those they love.