Keno was a rarity, a cowboy between jobs, eager to make an honest dollar and keep his pride and hide intact. Out on a job in the hottest part of the territory he came across a stranger, tied and left to die. Helping that stranger was a big mistake.
The Apache wars had taken almost everything from Indian Jim Izancho. Now Senator Warrender wanted the one thing he had left - his land - and Warrender's Indian-hating son soon began a reign of terror against the Izancho family.