It's 1873 when a blizzard strands Homesteader Colman Cooper and his family in a small town. He soon learns the town plays host to an annual contest that attracts thieves and killers from far and wide. With no way out Colman finds himself pitted against seven deadly fighters in the anything goes, tooth-and-nail battle for survival known as Lead City. Before Deadwood. Before Tombstone. Before Durango. There was Lead City.
The sun rises on reckoning day and Colman realizes he's made a terrible mistake. He's forced to say goodbye to his family and heads out with the other contestants for the final walk up to the town constructed just to hold the brutal contest. On the way the fighters take time to acquaint themselves with the rules and with each other. First gun is fired and first blood is drawn. Who will be the first casualty of Lead City?