The story opens with a prison break in Leavenworth, Kansas when Harmon LeFevre and Jeb Kenton escape with the help of LeFevre's sister, Cheyanne. It is Harmon's solemn vow to kill the man responsible for his capture that drives the man in his effort to locate him. Brent Sackett and those in his charge are on their way to Gila Bend after surviving their incident with the Bob Colton gang and Brent suffering a slight case of amnesia. Brian Sackett is in the process of having his heart broken by Terrin Gibbons when he learns she has been seeing a young banker in the town of Buffalo Gap, Texas. Linc Sackett and Clay Butler are increasing the size of their traveling rodeo business and staying around Tucson where their business is booming. It is here where they run into the Wrango brothers, Hutch and Wayne. When the Wrango boys gun down the acting sheriff trouble is on the horizon. The sheriff's brother is Bill Bell, a fast gun known around the territory. With four stories happening at the same time the action is hot and heavy with plenty of excitement to keep the reader busy turning pages to see what happens next and to whom.