When James Harding's family is brutally murdered and he is left for dead, he learns a lesson he thought he would never learn. How to hate. After living with the Cheyenne for two years recovering from his physical wounds, he sets out to find those who took all that was dear to him.

Using lessons he learned from his father and Two Bears, James begins his quest with the memory of his family's killers forever burned into his mind. His hunt leads him across hundreds of miles of Montana and Wyoming Territory and costs him more than time and money. One by one, those who slaughtered his family fall before him, leaving him more empty inside. Life, love, and friendship become secondary to his hatred and revenge, fueled by killing and death. Will his hatred turn his soul as black as those who brought death to his home, or will a force bigger than hate stop him before it's too late?