Bob Lee Swagger one of the deadliest snipers the US has ever produced has put most of the demons of his past behind him but not the forty-year-old killing of his father in a sensational shoot out. He returns to his roots to find out exactly what happened that night in 1955 in Blue Eye Arkansas. Against him is a shadowy enemy corrupted by the secret of the older Swaggers death. As the two circle each other they close inevitably to a final explosive confrontation that will blast the secrets of two generations wide open.