"Until recent times, Calumet County had never been known as a place of killing and violence..." A peaceful valley in the mountains of Colorado becomes a battleground pitting the federal government against a rural sheriff's department. Beleaguered sheriff, Bear Ellison, finds himself outnumbered, out-matched, and increasingly isolated as he is forced to decide between risking his life protecting a local hero, or reneging on his oath and handing him over to federal authorities.