It started with a dead man in the desert

Sheriff Frank Chesham is called to a premeditated murder case where the circumstances point to the missing Flynn Derek. Frank begins to pursue him and discovers that Derek himself is tracking the kidnappers of his stepdaughter. However, it gradually emerges that the kidnapping was not the work of Apaches, but of a gang with a much broader criminal record, led by Frank's own brother. Frank is thus faced with the decision of whether to follow the call of his blood or the law…