Shane Stocksteal turns from Ranger to outlaw by committing murder and fraud to reach his dream of political power. In the process Captain John MacIntyre is killed and his daughter, Kayla, is kidnapped. But just before Kayla is taken, she sends her horse running free in the hope that someone will find the letter for help in her saddlebags. Jake Landers, a farmer with aspirations of being something more, finds the letter. Now Jake, turning from farmer to lawman, will come face-to-face with danger and his dreams of following in his father's footsteps.