Evil Lurks In The Darkness Even When Strong Men Stand Watch The year is 1972. Quayle County, located in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, has seen an uptick of illegal alien smuggling from across the Rio Grande. The alien smugglers are determined and violent. The Border Patrol is overwhelmed with greater numbers of human trafficking cases in other areas, and therefore is unable to assist. Illegal aliens and Americans are dying alike. The small sheriff's office and the local population are left to their own devices to resolve this crisis. Once again, Sheriff Solomon Pratt, Deputy Barlow Adams, Deputy Slick Oldman, retired Deputy Archie Willis, plus the new rookie, Deputy E.M. Gillespie, and the rest of the staff on the Quayle County Sheriff's Office rise to the occasion to vanquish the threat.