Wade Durance is back from the dead and needs a break.
He is taking some time out and walks into a spot of family abuse that nets him the attention of his employer, Emily Black. Wade's sharpshooting partner, Lola Mayne, is likewise not amused as she too discovers that The Watch Man is resurrected.
But between them they determine that the killers of Lola's family and a mission of Emily's coincide and it's a trip to the Border country that's called for. On the way, Wade finds himself in a relationship that puts his heart on trial as memory of his dead wife return to haunt him.
Up against a Mexican rustling family and an unpleasant Russian overlord with powerful connections, the two partners are pressed into battles that test their mettle and companionship. But it is a surprising visitor from Wade's past that sets precedent and raises the angry notion of revenge in the most bizarre of forms.