A bloody family feud sent Roy Huckaby to a dusty Texas prison for three years. Now he' out, vowing to follow the straight and narrow and to ride alone into a solid new life. But when a dying vaquero gives him a treasure map, Roy starts out on a path he hopes will lead to incalculable wealth only to find it's bordered with dangerous pitfalls-and unexpected romance.
In post-Civil-War Texas ex-con Roy Huckaby comes into possession of a Mexican treasure map. He searches for the treasure but gets mixed up in a feud between two families. Eventually he finds the location of the treasure, but he does not dig it up. Weak characters; only interesting one is an escaped black convict, but he comes and goes for no purpose.