Ten years have passed, and Deputy Marshal David McDaniel must return to Tahlequah of the Oklahoma Territory as a witness in the murder trial of the accused, Leon Ray. And what seems a common stagecoach ride with three other passengers becomes a journey into the unknown.

Memories, visions, grief and regret continuously haunt him.

And then the encounter with the dark man, the woman he holds captive, and the confrontation that nearly takes David's life.

Who is this dark man?

And can David overcome his own past and grief and summon the courage to face the dark man again and save her?