When Sheriff Cotton Burke finds Thorn McCann nearly dead from a gunshot wound, he has no choice but to become untangled in the affairs of the nefarious bounty hunter. While McCann is one of the last people Cotton wants to hang around with someone else from his past is about to burst into his life.
Cotton isn't proud of the man he's killed, but he sleeps well at night knowing that he did what was necessary to preserve justice Judge Arthur Sanboro, the father of one of those men, seems to disagree, and he's out for blood-specifically Cotton's Thanks to one of Thorn's shady associates from his past, Cotton discovers some very valuable information about Sanborn, and now, Cotton must enlist the help of Deputy Memphis Jack Stamp to order to save not only his own life but a list the loves of everyone close to him....