Don Manor is injured and grieving when he meets Callum McGeachin, the small Scotsman with an impish grin and a warm heart. Callum helps him to recover, and Don grows close to his new friend, even though there is something uncanny about him. Callum has a gift for healing, and a power that others can sense. The two drift a while through Colorado, until they meet a widow with a sick child, a run-down ranch, and neighbours who want her land. They decide to help: Don, because he hates bullies - and Callum, because he's fallen in love with her at first sight...