When mountain man Rufas Kane stumbled across the body of a harmless cowboy on a hillside overlooking the spirited town of Death, the question everybody asked themselves was: why would anyone want to kill Dan Cooper?
When one of Gene Adams' cowboys is killed in a gunfight with the ruthless Trey Skinner, it becomes apparent that Skinner is the man responsible for Cooper's untimely death. But all is not as it seems.
As the night goes on, an alarming spate of killings shakes the town to its foundations, but Gene Adams vows to find the answer and the killer before dawn ... or die in the attempt.