Jess finally takes time for a well-deserved rest after finally hunting down the other four men who killed little Toby Lambert and his father and raped and killed Sarah Purtell. He arrives in Stratton, Texas, to stay at the Stratton Hotel and finds trouble on the first day, having two run-ins with the town sheriff and a back-shooter by the name of Rory Hammond. Things get worse when Jess is approached by a young girl by the name of Samantha Shultz who is dressed as a young boy and wants to hire Jess as her personal hired gun. Jess refuses at first, but things change after hefinds out exactly why she wants to hire him. Jess and Samantha set out on a long journey of revenge and justice. Jess' job is hard enough, but having a young naive girl dressed as a boy makes his job even more difficult. He has to protect her while hunting down stone-cold killers and she doesn't make the job any easier. Before his job is finished, more bad men will hit the dirt, victims of the raw justice Jess dispenses in his own way.