"There is no room for the dreamer, not any more. Dreams are dangerous—and dreams can kill." Despite these words from his minister father, Nathan follows his dream of joining his uncle as a gold rush reporter in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Nathan has barely arrived in Deadwood, when his uncle is murdered. With everyone including his new love Molly believing the murder a suicide and the uncle an opium ring leader, Nathan must somehow stay alive long enough to find the truth.