After a double killing forces her into exile, Rowena Jansen is living like a hermit in Keylock, Colorado. Travis Clay comes back from war and joins his friend to work on a ranch, but when an ambush costs him a herd of cattle, he sets out to find the men responsible. Inadvertently ending up in Keylock, his fate is joined with Rowena's. Four men are searching for her, while Travis trails the rustlers - and the only way to win is to invite both sides to a showdown ...