Set during the 1898 Yukon Gold Rush, two brothers, balanced on the knife's edge between a cold, grisly death and riches beyond their dreams, embark on a quest for vengeance. Torn from their family, they face harsh elements, crazed men, and death at every corner in pursuit of their violent and commanding father, a twisted man who has turned the Yukon Territory into his own personal hell.

"The Timber" captures the mania, starvation, swindles, hardships, and dangers that were part of the late 19th century's historic rush for gold, a time of intense greed, betrayal and redemption in a place where bloodshed was common and graves were carved in ice.