Most people hightail it out of Dead River during the severe mountain winters. But bad fortune has driven half-breed Yakima Henry and Sheriff Jack Kelly right into it. While in hot pursuit of bank robbers, Jack manages to take back the gold and take a bullet. He's rapping on death's door and needs a doctor quick. The closest one is in Dead River... Yakima may not make friends quickly, but making enemies has never been a problem for him. In this frigid place, the townsfolk's reception of the half-breed is chilling. They're out not only for him, but also for the gold. And while he's trapped in this forsaken town, Yakima must learn how to weather the hungriest of these menacing human wolves: a killer who seems hell-bent on turning the town as dead as its name...