In 1847, as the United States pushes south in the name of “Manifest Destiny,” two
men meet by chance and fate: a disillusioned frontier hangman, hired to escort a brilliant young painter across a continent torn apart by conquest. As the artist races to capture history in the making, their journey through violence and ambition forges an unlikely bond. When art, power, and morality collide, both men are forced to confront the true cost of turning war into legend.