Twelve-year-old Jody is on a wagon train trip with his father when they are attacked by renegade Comancheros led by the villain cut-throat. Jody sets out across country for home.
A Vietnam veteran who has become a drifter helps a young, single mother avenge her brother's murder and finds himself the target of a gang of dope smugglers on the Mexican border.
The story depicts two brothers who fight on opposites sides in the U.S. Civil War and end up meeting in battle.