1919.AfterfightinginWWIasasniperTravis,nowaPolicemaninthevastemptyspacesofnorthernAustralia,losescontrolofanoperationthatresultsinthemassacreofanIndigenoustribe.AfterhissuperiorsinsistonburyingthetruthTravisleavesindisgust,onlytobeforcedbacktwelveyearslatertohuntdownBaywara,anAboriginalwarriorwhoseattacksonnew-settlersarecausinghavoc.WhenTravisrecruitsmission-raisedGutjuk,theonlyknownmassacre-survivorashisTracker,thetruthofthepastisrevealedandTravisbecomesthehunted.