Returning from the civil war Brent Jenkins finds his home and barn burned to the ground, his dad murdered. Revenge is the driving force for justice not necessarily in a court room but by the law of his gun. his search take him to Fort Smith Arkansas where he's appointed as a United States Marshal, a vehicle he would use to his advantage. He killed without remorse, from Little Rock to Fort Smith he was called a killer with a badge. Years later he's reunited with a teenage love who with her family moved to the east where she became a doctor and a surgeon, returning to Arkansas in hopes of finding Brent and the love she had so long ago.