Bruce Connew leaves his children in the care of a friend and hops a plane to a little reported war he caught a glimpse of on television. In the hill country of East Burma, Connew journeys with Karen refugees, ducks down in trenches from incoming mortar fire and, ultimately, joins forces with a New Zealand mercenary to stage an ambush. Central to all parts of this story is the photographer's recent loss of his wife in a road crash. Death and its random, sudden occurrence is Connew's subject.