Damnable news has reached Fort Verde. Outlaw Jessup Henry and his gang of thugs are raising hell north of Santa Fe, one homestead massacre after another. Now theyre on the run in Arizona Territory, evading the law. Cavalryman Tom Skinners command: charge south with his patrol and wipe them out. But Skinner knows the land. Military decree be damned, hes deserting the wayward route -- against orders -- for the right one. Theres more at risk than his career. In Jessups path is the vulnerable ranch of his newfound love, Veronica, and her family.
