The nightmare was happening all over again. They were coming after him with shotguns. They were trying to kill him. Scott Johnston, supposedly secure in the U.S. Marshal's Witness Protection Program, is hiding deep in the rugged Ouachita Mountains in the largest gated community in America, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Pursued by determined assassins, after a failed hit in Vermont, and not trusting the Federal Marshals, he goes into the wind to start a new life within the gated confines. However, a beautiful, seductive woman with an unexpected link to his past threatens his peace and security. In the final showdown, who will live and who will die Within the Gates?