Outlaw Jake Kern has just escaped the clutches of Pinkerton Detective Tom Cuthridge while being hauled back to Abilene, Kansas. Carrying a stolen gun, Wounded, thirsty, and with only one bullet left, Jake is trying to navigate himself out of the unforgiving desert. Thicker Than Water is a short Western story of an outlaw who escapes one bad situation and lands himself into an even worse scenario ultimately leading to the same outcome, death.