When Mitch Evans is ambushed, he manages to turn the tables on his attacker, wounding him and demanding an explanation. His would-be bushwhacker is merely a pawn - Latham Parry, foreman of the Bar JWM, is behind the murder attempt. For Mitch's brother Brad owns the Bar-B ranch, and Parry is ambitious: not only does he hope to seize the reins of the Bar JWM, but also aims to take over the Bar-B spread - by any means necessary...