An army patrol led by Lieutenant Shadrak Pickett is making its way through the Pioneer Mountains in southwest Montana. Its purpose is to deliver the monthly payroll to Fort Wisdom. Everything changes when a solitary traveller is encountered who claims his horse has died from a snakebite. The man asks for a ride to the next settlement. Being an old colleague of the officer, the request is granted. But Jake Rankin's plan is to steal the payroll in such a way that Pickett takes the blame. A cunning means of deception by the brigand ruins Pickett's career by having him drummed out of the army for cowardice. Can the wronged man avenge his disgrace and bring Rankin back to face justice? A quirk of fate in which innocence and guilt become entangled must be overcome for him to succeed.
- ISBN13 9780719831430
- Publish Date 23 November 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English