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Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary Nathan Champion—who is also vying for the affections of local madam Ella Watson—to combat the immigrant uprising. As tensions escalate, both Averill and Champion start to question their decisions.

Sheriff James Averill finds himself trapped between his legal duties and a growing, violent resentment toward the wealthy landowners poisoning his town. This sprawling epic captures the brutal friction of the American West through sweeping landscapes and a chaotic, unsparing portrayal of class warfare.

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