When CC Ellis is mugged by a group of trappers, he manages to blast two of the thugs before being severely wounded. Left for dead at the edge of a creekbed, he's found by a young boy named Dillard. CC is nursed back to health by the boy's mother, Callie. To repay his debt, he will help her fend off the malicious advances of a corrupt and sadistic preacher named Jessup who has long sought to claim her as his property.