While passing through Cherrywood Crossing U.S. Marshal Maxfield Knight is confronted by a gang of hired guns who tell him to ride away or be shot down. With no choice but to ride into the high country, Knight soon learns that he's being hunted by a man named Silas Manchester. But why? Determined to survive this dangerous game that's he's been forced to play, Knight vows to become the hunter rather than the hunted. Aided by a mountain man named Lacroix, Knight decides to bring the fight to Manchester and get answers. Meanwhile, Knight's partner, Deputy U.S. Marshal Cole Tibbs, sets out looking for his missing friend only to discover that he's also become part of a dangerous game that turns into a serenade of violence.