The trail Lew Stark had followed ended at the edge of the badlands. The killer was hidden beyond, waiting for Lew to make one mistake. The bullet that was meant for him would pound from an unseen gun. Death would come riding hard on unseen hoofs. But Lew couldn't turn back now. The search had been too long, too hard. The showdown was here and now - the fierce duel that would make him big man of a cattle empire - or a dead man!