Two relentless forces were at work in the Principe range, and Wade Forrest was caught between them. Wade's gun made too much trouble for Deac Shanter, ramrod of the T Anchor, and he was ordered to drift by sundown. But along the trail, Arne Bassett had posted his gunhawks to see that Forrest never made it out of the country alive with secrets that would ruin the rancher. No matter how he turned, his number was up - and in the time it takes to load a .44, Wade had to decide which man should have first crack at killing him!