The Chinese community usually handled its own problems, relying on the powerful tongs to settle disputes. But when hundreds of Chinese workers begin disappearing without a trace, Kim Lee contacts the United States marshal.

Deputy Marshal Reese Corbett arrives in San Francisco to look into the missing Chinese. But the half-Chinese girl interpreter gets kidnapped for a joy house and en route to get her back, Reese saves the life of a rambunctious mountain man. The trio have a shared desinty -- The Secret of Snake Canyon