Ever since he pinned on a Marshal's badge, Samuel Keaton's been the target of many bad intentions. Keaton is blamed for a cavalry raid that ends in the killing of innocent lives, and to survive will mean living through the darkest days of his emerging faith and risking a growing bond with a Sioux princess.

New marshal Sam Keaton has more on his plate than he expected when he first put on the badge: unsolved crimes are spreading throughout the town, coinciding with the arrival of a band of ex-Confederate renegades; but with no evidence against them, Sam can't do anything--despite the growing agitation of the townspeople. Soon, Sam is evading a posse out of Laramie and struggling to understand why an Indian would help him, all while searching for a deeper...