After his parents die in 1937, Cole Morgan gets work on the Greybull, a massive ranch near Meeteetse, Wyo. Not all is peaceful in this country. He immediately encounters a 70-year-old mystery, the death of his best friend, sinister forces, and a clue that could help find an old gold mine. "Stories are whispered about a dark presence that makes the toughest ranch hands uneasy and the harder he digs, the more entangled Cole becomes in a world full of secrecy, deceit, and murder."