In the South California coastal town of Port Saunders, Clint Adams is trying to enjoy some well-earned rest and relaxation when a gunshot rings out in the night - followed by the sound of a body hitting the floor. The victim turns out to be a wayward British diplomat whose shady Civil War dealings may have just caught up with him.

Since the local law is already dead from the neck up, Clint looks into the murder himself at the behest of the U.S. Secret Service. But this was no everyday bushwhacking - it was an execution. Caught in a bloody maze of lies, the Gunsmith finds himself going gun-to-gun with an unstoppable master assassin whose only reason for living is dealing out death - and now he's got Clint Adams right in his sights...