Some say that outlaws no longer exist, that the true spirit of the American West died with the legendary bandits of pulp novels and bedtime stories. Charlie Hood knows that nothing could be further from the truth. These days he patrols vast stretches of the new American West, not on horseback but in his cruiser. Hood gets assigned a partner named Terry Laws, a.k.a. Mr. Wonderful. Laws ends up shot dead in the passenger seat and Hood is left to bear witness by someone who knew Mr. Wonderful didn't always live up to his nickname. As Hood sets out for the gunman he knows that the West is a state of mind where villians can wear white hats and the good guys seek justice in whatever shade of gray they find.