Vane Shadden, ex-gunslinger, had set his sights on the biggest target of his shady career - the whole dang town of Tucson, territorial capital of Arizona. Vane took his time about it, settling down, looking tame, and setting his traps for the key men along the frontier. He even had a wild deuce stashed up his sleeve in the form of a wanted bandit and mad killer. So the opposition of a young deputy like Phil Holton didn't seem like much . . .