Gabriel Winston Lee, who goes by the name of Real, is a scion of an old Virginia family and fought as a cadet in the Civil War. Today, he's a gun for hire. Tom Easter enlists Real Lee for gun work protecting some Green Valley settlers, at the cowboy wages of a dollar a day. Real is reticent but accepts when he hears Wolf Wilder and Finn McBride are also involved. Joined by Brewster and Jaime Sparrow the six men ride for the new town of Respite. Trouble, however, lies in wait as Ben Seffleck, a nemesis from Real's past, and Lillian Whitehead, his former lover, stand between Lee, his companions and peace in Green Valley. Will a dollar a day do the job?