Texas Ranger Chet Hallam stayed behind when his family moved to Kansas. Five years later he rides north to pay them a visit and discovers that his father, the county sheriff, left town a month ago to track down a gang of outlaws and never returned. But before he can set out, he's facing flying lead in a place where hired killers and renegades have the upper hand. It's time for Chet to deal out some justice of his own, while he searches for the truth about his missing father...