Fugitive ex-special forces operative Tom Rollins is en route to Mexico when he is forced to detour into the small town of Brenton, Texas, a place whose glory days are far behind it. A powerful criminal family, the McQuades, runs things now, and they don't take kindly to strangers. When some of their thugs try to intimidate Tom, he pushes back--hard. The McQuades can't stand for that--they have Tom beaten, arrested, and thrown in jail. If that was all they did, he'd probably let it slide, just leave town. But tough-guy Earl McQuade makes a fatal mistake--he steals a pendant from Tom, a piece of jewelry given to him by the woman he loved. Tom wants that pendant back, and he'll do whatever it takes to get it.