Before going out on the range to roundup longhorn cattle with the men of the Cannonball Cut Ranch, Owen Prescott meets Kay Mason, the new schoolteacher for the town of Rock Creek in Wyoming Territory. Their hearts are drawn to each other, but because of her faith, circumstances are all wrong.
After killing four bulls for breeding rights, Broken Horn disappears for two years. Now he is back on the Cannonball Cut Ranch. Then, a night of terror, destruction, and more death by Broken Horn. In great fear, Owen watches the immense beast attack anything that moves. Alone with a killer, Owen desperately tries to stay alive.
