Given the opportunity to serve and bring hope to the impoverished peasants living hand to mouth on the Arizona desert, Marshal Jonas Kriss has much to overcome. He must secure twelve reliable and trustworthy deputies. Ones willing to put justice ahead of their own lives. Then deal law and order to a greedy thug, who lords over the poor, takes all they have. The desert is cruel. Conditions hard. The marshal's adversary, ruthless and pitiless. There is no compromise for either in their pursuit.