Western icon Andrew J. Fenady-producer and writer for the legendary television program The Rebel-pens a novel starring that series' title character Johnny Yuma, a former Confederate soldier in search of justice. After the Civil War, Johnny heads home to Texas to find the mother and sister of a close friend who died beside him in battle. What Johnny doesn't know is that a merciless saloon owner has staked his claim on the sister, and the brute doesn't plan to let her go.