Luke Mallory's efforts to build a house and start a new life in Broken Spoke are interrupted by the abduction of Cassandra Hytower. The kidnappers demand fifty thousand dollars Worse, it is discovered that the leader of the gang is Quanto, a killer with a personal vendetta against everyone in Broken Spoke. The decision is made to pay the ransom, while Luke recruits a very literate Indian named Joe to try and track down the gang. Two Ingersol boys,...