When confirmed Unionist, General Charles Griffin takes over Reconstruction in post-war Texas he is all set to dissolve the arrangement with free-ranging lawmen Stringer and Brodie. But then a series of murders close to his wife's heart brings the two back into prominence. A stolen series of vital charts excites the lucrative promise of big bucks amongst the local villainy and the prospective wealth reaches even further afield to attract a vengeful Chapter of the newly formed Ku Klux Klan. Stringer and Brodie must find their way through a tangled web of bloody deceit, kidnapping and hillbilly anger before they can rest easy on this one.