In the 1870s, Kansas territory is wild and barren. Folks head out there and they never come back. Some of them find a new life in the West, some of the just find the Drakes.
A family of criminals, the Drakes have set up a crude operation, luring travelers into their home, robbing and murdering them. When their crimes come to light, however, the people of the nearest settlement—including Lawce Gibbon, the timid and resentful son of a local shopkeeper—form up a posse.
The Drakes flee, looking for their next mark but the hunting party is hot on their heels and nothing but blood will satisfy the mob.