Kenny Blacklaws returned to the East Texas town of Copper Bluffs nine years after the brutal murder of his stepfather, only to find himself smack dab in the middle of a war with cutthroat rustlers. But that wasn't his only problem. His return also awakened the feelings of Corsica, the beautiful woman his step-brother had claimed as his own. It's not long at all before just about everyone in Copper Bluffs is itching to see Kenny dead--just like his stepfather.