In the territories near the Canadian border, a group of rebels called the Northern Eagles fight a forgotten American-Canadian war, that officially ended years ago but never completely subsided. Memories of past cruelty stir up the violence seething in the forests of the Great North. A narrow-minded officer, Major Rockford, is sent to be in command of the fronteer outpost, Fort James, and he rekindles hate and violence in the region, envolving also the Native inhabitants. Zagor comes to the fort to try and restore the peace, a seemingly impossible task...