The Hunted

Synopsis

Three friends, celebrating a night of freedom on campus, find their lives violently upended when they are abducted. Waking to the chilling reality of captivity, they are unexpectedly released by a shadowy paramilitary group, granted a meager head start before becoming the targets in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Their pursuers are relentless, driven by an unknown agenda, and the friends are thrust into a desperate fight for survival. The protagonist, haunted by a past forged in the crucible of his ex-military father's brutal training, must confront the psychological and physical conditioning designed to prepare him for an apocalypse that never came. His father's harsh methods, once a source of trauma, may now be their only salvation. Alongside him, a chemistry student whose knowledge of compounds could prove vital, and a friend whose practical carpentry skills might offer unexpected advantages, they must learn to rely on each other's unique abilities. This is a story about leveraging every skill, every piece of knowledge, and every ounce of resilience, proving that even the darkest experiences can forge the tools needed to survive when the hunt begins.