When Sheriff Orwell is gunned down by the gunslinger Ralph McCoy in Red Plains U.S. Marshal Lincoln Hawk vows to bring his killer to justice. He appoints a deputy to aid his quest, but that man becomes Ralph's second victim.
With the killer of two lawmen to find Lincoln's problems grow when it becomes apparent that he's not the only one seeking to dispense justice, as the Red Plains Avenger is stalking the land.
This man has appointed himself as judge, jury and executioner and the verdict is always the same: guilty. With nobody being safe from the avenger's wrath, a reckoning between the law and chaos will come and only the might of the gun will decide the victor.