An old LeMat revolver is the catalyst that sends gunsmith Boothenay Irons back in time to 1877, and sets her down in the middle of the Nez Perce war. She is following her lover, Caleb Deane, after he and an Appaloosa horse named Six Shot disappear into the past. But before she can hope to rescue Caleb from his capture by the Indian, Axe, Boothenay must avoid the attentions of a murderous sheriff, save a wounded man from certain death, and find new parents for a pair of orphaned children. Only then is she free to go after Caleb and in the end, lift a curse that has plagued Axe's family for 130 years...