Holding Fire

Will Bearfoot, a Shoshone Indian and BLM ranger, returns to the high desert of Midas County after a twenty year absence. The big-wigs in Washington need a hammer for a nasty nail and have sent their best to deal with the powder keg that is Harlan Hale, whose face is being splashed across the television news every night. The crusty Nevada cowboy is clinging to a dying way of life, at war with the Federal Government over grazing rights for his cattle, and he's brought his own army with him this time - scores of ranchers and militia groups from all over the West have flocked to his aide, armed to the teeth and ready to fight. To his neighbors, he's a hero. To the feds, he's a reckless man, a trespasser, and inciter of violence.