A blazing wagon rolls through a quiet, dusty township trailing flames and smoke. Two white women are tied to stakes within it - their bodies a mass of arrows.

It seems that Edge arrives too late at his peaceful farm - to save his young wife, Beth. He only sees the destruction the Sioux have left, and their triumphant fleeing backs.

The trail Edge follows means danger and death - this he knows. But it is what it leads to that is worse than death.