Burke Hunter, one of the deadliest knife fighters in the West, had disappeared.
Sundance was hired to look for him, and got as far as an Apache Indian camp where Hunter had been taken prisoner, suspected of stealing a sacred cache of Apache gold.
But when Hunter double-crossed him and the Apaches tried to capture him, Sundance knew that there was going to be death on the desert, either by a bullet or a blade.
He also knew that Hunter's beautiful wife Eloise would welcome the survivor, whichever man it proved to be!