Anson Hawkstone is on the trail of an errant husband who deserted his wife and infant child to become a cowboy in Wyoming Territory. But Hawkstone's quest becomes complicated when he encounters three women, a deserted Mormon wife, a white Kiowa captive, and a Chinese girl abandoned by her parents and ends up escorting them on their wagon journey to Cheyenne. But a range war is about to happen and Hawkstone and the women become caught up in it, leading to an inevitable showdown involving Hawkstone, a ranch foreman, a bounty hunter, and the missing husband.

George Snyder (aka George Arthur) has published fifty-three-plus books and dozens of short stories and articles. George is now committed to writing westerns, and has started his Hawkstone series of western novels. This is his second Black Horse Western novel.