Hunted by the terrorist assassins working for the elusive Bloodstone, Lake County Sheriff Bud Blair uses the ego and arrogance of a former U. S. congressman to set a trap for a Colombian drug lord. NCIS, the FBI, and the U.S. Coast Guard wait for the trap to be sprung while Bud battles the paid assassins in the Oregon High Desert.

At risk are Bud's life, his career, and his planned marriage to a beautiful Yakima Indian woman, Nancy Sixkiller. But when Bud is injured in a gun battle, he and Nancy face a difficult and painful decision.