Kansas, 1905 On a new well out on the plains an assassin\'s bullet kills oilman Spike Hopewell.
It\'s a cat and mouse chase which leads Bell to Texas and New York in p.
He\'s trailing a murderer who has been targeting anyone brave enough to stand against the powerful interests of Standard Oil.
Death and destruction - just another bad day at the well? Except Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency witnessed everything.
Minutes later an explosion rips apart his refinery.
Kansas, 1905 On a new well out on the plains an assassin\'s bullet kills oilman Spike Hopewell