It is the year 1878, and in the heart of America's untamed new frontier lurks a dark force as ancient as time, buried deep inside the earth,
awaiting its return to power. Evil men are exploiting the riches of the West in order to bring that awakening about, using strange machinery
and fantastic devices to further their ends. Only two men, warriors
from two different cultures can stand together to defeat them and save
the world from the terror of the Faceless. Gunslinger Gabriel Tyler
and Indian shaman Jonathan Fivehawk have tracked the evil rail baron
Robur Drache, to Winterville, high in the snow-covered mountains of the north. In his service to the Faceless, Drache has a legion of
immigrant workers constructing a railroad which seems to have no start
and no destination... While Tyler wonders after Drache's plan, Fivehawk
is distracted by his own concerns; somewhere nearby is Eyes-Like-Amber, his sister, abducted by Drache's outriders for reasons unknown.
Meanwhile, a young Chinese girl named Yu Lim is also investigating
Drache's intents, with a duty of her own to follow.