When A veteran homicide detective accuses a charismatic preacher of being a vigilante many roadblocks emerge. Vern Hanson is an old ranch-hand turned city cop as a young man. Vern uses a simple law of the land, based on how all animals interact to trail and solve cases. Pastor Smith Brinson has Ivy league pedigree but a old testament Christian approach to life. Both men agree on many things including letting god judge the quick and the dead, but one is lying.