In the lawless territories of the Old West, Eldon Quint and his young son must journey to Missouri to bury his recently deceased child, while being pursued by his criminal brother. Meanwhile, in the newly emancipated south, an ambitious Black housemaid, Minn Barker, makes a daring escape from her lecherous overlord--and father to her unborn child--to pursue her dream of attending one of the first black colleges in America. A chance run-in brings Eldon and Minn, setting the stage for an unexpected future together.

1883. The widowed father of two on the frontier Dakotas, Eldon Quint moves through the world leaving as mild a footprint as possible. His twin brother Clayton Quint is known to most as Jack Foss, a violent outlaw whose visage is prominently displayed on handbills across the American west. When Eldon is mistaken for Clayton, his son Shane is killed in the crossfire. Wracked by grief, the quiet farmer has two aims: to bury his son next to his dead wife in Springfield, Missouri-- and to get revenge on his outlaw brother. -- Adapted from jacket and Amazon info