In the late 1800s a man with a colorful and adventurous background by the name of Tyler Madison sells his Colorado gold mine and travels to central Texas to help his brother save his failing cattle ranch. But when he arrives at the ranch, Tyler finds that his brother has recently been mysteriously murdered. The story continues with Tyler trying to find the men responsible for his brother's brutal murder while rebuilding the ranch and struggling to release a crooked banker's strangle hold on the region.