Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack has learned the harsh ways of the Old West. When it comes down to it, people come three ways good, bad, and dead. He's on the trail of the Ganston Gang, who have rampaged across the state and killed a fellow Ranger.

But the chase becomes something more when one of the gang wounded and on the run, takes young Billy Odle with him. Now Burrack must stay ahead of a posse of ruthless militia for whom murder equals justice, find the wanted man to satisfy his own sense of duty, and fight to save the lie - and the soul - of a boy on the rad to hell....