No child should have to witness what twelve-year-old Cord Malone saw the day his parents were murdered and his home burned to the ground. Rescued from the blaze by his uncle Jesse, the terrible image still haunts him, as does the name of the man responsible Eli Creed. Jesse had tried to track the man down, only to lose Creed's trail. But Cord never gave up. He waited out his young years before setting out on a trail long gone cold to satisfy the need for revenge that still burns inside of him.