Chase tanner is a peaceful man—until enemies target his woman and friends. They soon learn how tough a peace-loving man can be. Branded a coward and Indian lover for trying to stop some of the slaughter of peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahos at Sand Creek, Chase Tanner must live with his “shame.” But he refuses to run, though several members of the Colorado militia keep dogging him with lies, even years after the event. When he falls in love with a Cheyenne and becomes friends with a half-breed and his full-blood wife, things turn to the worse. Tanner turns from fighting to clear his name to fighting for his life and those of his woman and his friends.