Recipient of seven Spur Awards, Elmer Kelton 'just keeps getting better and better' (Tulsa World). When a ruthless cattle baron and his men destroy Doug Monahan's property, his old friend and mentor is gunned down. Pistol whipped and now flat broke, Monahan finds refuge on the sprawling homestead of Noah Wheeler and his virtuous daughter. But Monahan refuses to quit. 'If there's an heir to the Louis L'Amour legacy, it's Kelton.'-Booklist