Living the life of an itinerant ranch-hand, Steve Rawlings hires on to a couple's Wyoming spread. He soon learns that a rival wanting to buy their ranch had scared off all the other hands and they were close to losing everything to the banks. The land is secretly worth billions to a disreputable mining company and they would do anything to get hold of it, including murder. When Rawlings is pushed hard to leave, he pushes back and that is when he learns there is more than mining involved - the security of the country is in danger.