The Hunt II volume continues after graduation from the U.S. Marshal Service’s training. Hunt stops off in Kansas City while traveling to Denver and finds his friend, U.S. Deputy Marshal Burns, shot by a sniper. Hunt gets permission to investigate and solve the crime before continuing to Denver, where he soon earns a reputation as a man who gets the job done by helping solve the murders of two U.S. Deputy Marshals and a string of other murders and robberies and exposing those responsible.