Thorne Stevens had built up quite a reputation as a gunman. In fact, it was said that a body could count on one hand the number of times that he had ever backed down from a fight. But Thorne Stevens figured he had done enough hell-raising for any five men , and the time had come to settle down. And he had picked out the spot - a pretty little valley in the wild, free territory of Wyoming. Unfortunately, violence seems to dog his path, and he stakes his claim right smack in the middle of a range war. On one side of the battle looms Harper Manning, a power-happy man who figures to reach the top by grabbing other people's land - with a little help from a gang of professional killers. And on the other side is Angus Mitchell, a spunky, rock-ribbed rancher who refuses to give in. The first thing Stevens does - after getting the situation straight in his mind - is save the life of Mitchell's son, Scott. The second thing he does is fall in love with Mitchell's daughter, Brandy. The next step is obvious to a man like Thorne Stevens. Determined to find peace in the valley, he reckons he'll just have to stop Manning's foolishness, even if it means taking on that whole gang of riffraff in the middle of a blizzard.