Tye and his partner, Marshal Sam Jenkins, sat on their mounts looking at the boulders that were on both sides of the canyon floor. "Looks like a good spot to wait on Mills and his bunch, Tye said. "Lets' do it then," Sam said as he reined his mount to the opposite side of the canyon. He was stopped when Tye grabbed his mounts reins. "Thought I'd let you know, Sam. With this bunch and what they have done, I ain't interested in no prisoners and wasting the states time and money on a trial. "Never figured it any other way, Tye." Sam answered and led his horse behind the boulders on the right side of the canyon as Tye led Sandy to the left. Both men checked their Henry's and sat down to wait on Willie's gang of cutthroats.

This is the seventh installment of the Tye Watkins series. These novels are works of fiction that use facts and locations that are historically accurate to paint a picture in the reader's mind as they turn the page. Tye Watkins is a scout for Fort Clark, Texas, who uses his skills to work his way through one adventure after another. In this book, Tye is tracking a band of outlaws who robbed and murdered a rancher's wife and son. Adam Carter, one of the men Tye is after, worked for the rancher, and was coerced into the robbery by his so called "friends." Along the trails certain events occur that have Tye thinking that Adam isn't the cold-hearted killer he originally made him out to be.