When meteors rain down across the American Frontier, the West would never be the same...
Rufus Brand, a tough but lawful sheriff, grows thicker skin than what he had before, after a fateful encounter with one of the many stars that fell from the sky.
Now, Brand struggles to keep the town of Virgil City standing, as new and more dangerous threats than he's dealt with before, start rearing their ugly heads.
Monstrous mutated wildlife. Outlaws and lawmen wielding powers beyond human comprehension. And science and engineering of the 19th century, advanced far ahead of its time.
All the while, Brand hopes beyond hope, that there is a chance for him to be cured of the tragic fate that has changed his lifeā¦