Deeton Kenny and his brother Hunt both had some Cheyenne blood and were not very popular in Warlock, Colorado. Deeton has a mishap concerning a neighbor girl's clothing and a romance begins...but has to be kept secret from her family.
Then as winter and being snowed in approach the mountain settlement, a band of killers known as the Badland Raiders take over the town, content to spend the winter at the local peoples' expense. But the brutality and a killing start a war, one that only Deeton Keeny has a chance of winning. He'll fight for the girl, but the rest of the town...?