A Marine wounded in Afghanistan returns to a VA hospital in Montana where he meets a Vietnam vet who teaches him fly fishing as a means to coming to terms with his physical and emotional trauma.

Former US Cavalry Captain Zachariah Coleman, leader of the notorious Coleman gang, is falsely accused as the killer of teen aged Joleen Miller and her family. Zack is tracked down by U. S. Marshal Coleen Randal and her deputy Jonathan White Eagle. In the Black Rose Saloon, Zack and his Blackfoot bride Bearmedicine come head to head with Marshal Randal and her deputy in a deadly game of chess.