Montana territory, 1885. Dan Walker is running for the Canadian border--and away from the law--when he saves Alice Martin's life. The daughter of a prosperous and ailing Montana rancher, Alice asks Walker to stay on at the M Bar M. The ranch is in danger. Someone's rustling cattle. Someone who doesn't like Dan Walker interfering...

* Nominated for the Western Writers of America Spur Award and the Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award
* McCord has an established and loyal following with his Baynes Clan series