Josiah Weaver struggles to recover from a hallucinogenic episode when he makes a terrifying discovery. 

Young Oscar Rowley encounters an ape man. 

Josiah Weaver deals with life and boredom in a backwards community of Salt Creek, a once prosperous mining settlement rapidly becoming a ghost town in the hostile Wa'Ta'Noo desert. 

Wealthy railroad Magnate L.P. Klein wrestles with increasing societal upheaval as the first intimation of violent revolt comes knocking at his door.