Deputy Sheriff Glenna Ward's life is about to change. A murderer is loose in the Montana wilderness! She will lead a team to capture him. Glenna is infatuated with tracker/guide Wyatt Anderson. They must control their emotions as the formidable Bitterroot Mountains close in. The Blackfoot Benjamin Lone Wolf watches. He is skilled in the old ways. The outcome rests on a deputy sheriff who is conflicted by her ambition to succeed and her desire to love.