After Clint Adams rousted a bunch of scallywags out of Broken Cross, the little Montana town became a decent place to live again. But now another kind of trouble is brewing in Broken Cross - and it goes by the name of Ellis Darrow. A man who is already knocking on death's door, Darrow has his bloodthirsty heart set on becoming the town's most infamous executioner before the consumption kills him. If anyone stands a chance of putting a halt to Darrow's killing spree, it's the Gunsmith - a man who won't back down when the lead starts to fly...