When the mysterious Jack Sawyer appeared on a distant Texas ranch and asked to take him to work, neither the ranch owner himself nor his young daughter-in-law Anna Corbett connected his appearance with the escape from prison of the ruthless killer Carl Herbold, who intended to brutally take revenge on those who had planted him to jail. Here, on this ranch, the destinies of many people intersected, the past met the present. And now the killer is close to his goal, but true love stands in his way: Jack, in atonement for his past sins, is ready to protect his beloved woman and her little son, even at the cost of his life.