Marshal Lincoln Hawk rode into Independence hell-bent on finding the man who had gunned down his old friend Sheriff Ben Pringle. But within hours of arriving in town the saloon burns down, a businessman loses everything in a crooked poker game, and Lincoln is fighting to save his own life against an unknown assailant. Lincoln suspects that one man may be responsible for all these incidents and that an old photograph might just hold the key to uncovering who he is. The trouble is all the evidence points to the culprit being a man who was hanged ten years ago! As yet more bullet-ridden bodies turn up, can Lincoln uncover the truth before he becomes the next victim