For 25 years, Terry Colby has been sheltered, raised by hard-working spinster rancher Elizabeth Cornish to believe he is the last of the Colbys, a fine old Virginia family. But Terry is the son of outlaw Black Jack Hollis.
Seeing the laughing handsome Hollis murdered, Elizabeth bet her selfish brother Vance that she could raise Hollis's son to be an honest man, the environment and not the blood determined a character. Before the evening of Terry's 25th birthday, greedy Vance sets events in motion that endanger Elizabeth, her belief in Terry, Terry, and their future.
