They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but very little can calm the rage of a man who has stepped onto the path of war.
Walt Longmire has served as sheriff for twenty-five years in one of the counties of Wyoming. His dream of a peaceful retirement shatters when a body is found near an Indian reservation. The murdered man is named Cody Pritchard, and two years ago he and his friends received suspended sentences for raping a schoolgirl from the Cheyenne tribe. And now someone has opened a hunt for them. They say revenge is a dish served cold—but little can ease the fury of a person who has set foot on the path of war. And in trying to stop him, the sheriff, along with his assistants, may end up becoming a victim himself.