John Parker is a former soldier who went to war because of unrequited love. When he comes home, he tries to get his life in order, doing the trade he learned in the hospital where he lay after being wounded. Things slowly improve, but John gets problems with bandits—by a strange turn of circumstances, he owes them a considerable sum. To have the debt written off, he’s offered the only option: find the boss’s missing girl. No one looks for her, not even the best detective agencies. John thinks about what to do—until a string of unexpected attempts on his life forces him to accept the offer urgently, so he can leave the city as soon as possible.