Emmett Boone's Pa was a mountain man. His mother, the daughter of a Nez Perce Medicine Man. At seventeen years old, he returns to camp to find both parents brutally murdered. For the next two years, Emmett devotes his life to tracking down and killing four of the seven killers. Scouting for a wagon train on the Oregon Trail, on his way to find the last three murderers, Emmett finds himself ambushed by perhaps the most dangerous person he's ever faced. Beautiful young Shannon O'Bannon, the only girl he's ever loved. Suddenly, his desire to have a life with Shannon clouds his obsession for revenge. He wants and needs, both revenge for his folks, and a life with this beautiful girl. However, with the last three killers anxious to stay alive by killing him first, Emmett knows that getting distracted, could cost him his revenge, Shannon, and his life.