Jess is hunting down the cold-blooded murderer Dale Gatewood. His hunt takes him to the town of Halesburg, Texas. While there, he receives an urgent message from United States Marshal Frank Reedy, informing him that he is needed in Woodward, Texas, as fast as his horses can carry him. Jess heads straight for Woodward, knowing that is the town where he set up the sister no one knows he has. There are two rich men feuding with one another and the town officials are up for sale to the highest bidder. Things in town go downhill fast. But when Jess finds out his sister, Beth, has been shot, the feud between the two men is the least of their worries. Jess is fueled with rage by the thought that the only family he has left might be taken away from him. He goes on the warpath and everyone soon learns that his way of settling scores is a whole lot different and a whole lot deadlier. Anyone or anything that stands in his way, quickly learns that they must pay a hefty price.