John Pigrome was following the American dream. He was bringing his family to California when a fierce gang of bandits attacked his wagon, killing his wife and children. Left for dead in the Texas sun, he is found by a Kiowa scout and dropped outside Fort Jermane. With no family and no future, John Pigrome adopts the name Pig, encounters new problems and new temptations in the town of Hellen Falls and rebuilds his life around one purpose: revenge.