When Noah Swan headed west he thought he was leaving trouble behind him. But trouble was waiting for him as soon as he set foot in Hawk's Head. Pretty soon, through no fault of his own, there were plenty of folk in Hawk's Head who wanted to see him dead. He had no choice: stay alive or kill those who were out to get him.When he thought the worst was over, he could not know that in fact the worst was yet to come. Nor could he know that trouble in the form of Judge Elmore Standish and his son Nathaniel was headed his way. But, no matter what, Noah was determined to survive.