The civil war is raging across the east and south of the states, and when the confederates move north from Texas, Kit Carson sends for Tate Saint.
But when Tate arrives, the war between the Union and the Confederacy has become one between the Apache and the settlers. When Carson is ordered to “kill all the men, whenever and wherever you find them,” the order doesn’t sit well with him, but he’s bound by his oath. Tate is called on to scout for the troops under Carson’s command, but he soon loses his taste for this kind of war.
The man of the mountains must use all his skill and experience to master the dearth of the desert, or become one of the many spirits that walk in the cool desert nights.