When a sheriff dies on the job, no one is willing to take his place in the Old West small town. To make matters worse, gold is discovered in the town creek which brings numerous fortune seekers to the area. A federal marshal named Cooper is brought in to police the town and not only is he forced to deal with rambunctious out-of-towners, a number of murders begin occurring...with a traveling serial killer sending taunting the local newspaper with his chilling depictions of how he committed the murders...Can Cooper stop the killer before he moves on to the next town?