Stranded in the Sonoran Desert, stagecoach drivers James Colton and older brother, Trace, are captured by warring Apaches. James is used as a bargaining chip by the great Apache Chief, Cochise. James will die if Trace can't win freedom for Cochise's brother, imprisoned by the Army. Trace rushes to negotiate a trade, but the Army has other plans.
As rage explodes across the Sonoran Desert in Arizona Territory, 1861, blood stains the sand. Will the Colton brothers survive?