When Sheriff Cornelius Doyle is shot dead, his estranged son Kane sets out to find the culprit. He hopes to reconcile with a family that didn't want to know him, but soon discovers that his father's apparently honourable life was a lie. The town had rejoiced, and Cornelius become a legend, when he killed the notorious outlaw Jesse Sawyer...however, Kane discovers that Jesse is actually still alive. Will he lead Kane to his father's murderer - or into mortal peril?