SHADOW OF THE HAWK is the vivid and suspenseful story of mountain-man Mike McCloskey, a run-away slave Thaddeus, and a young orphan Jericho, whose lives cross paths becoming lifelong friends. As time passes Jericho becomes a sheriff, Thaddeus moves into town, but Mike continues to live and trap with his Indian wife and daughter in the mountains even though the days are numbered for his kind of life. When Mike heads into town to purchase supplies, he defends an Indian friend's life from outlaw cowboys and sets in motion a collision of mishaps-a single mistake changes his life and the lives of friends and enemies alike.