Five years have passed since the American Civil War, and gradually the country is beginning to recover from the traumatic events of the past. Except for one man: Colonel Carver. Driven by revenge, he feverishly hunts down an ex-soldier named Gideon, whom he blames for the death of his family. Across the wilderness of the snowy mountains of Nevada, far away from any civilization, a merciless hunt for life and death begins...