In all his years of bounty hunting, nothing rivaled the pain Lou Prophet felt when he thought he'd lost his former partner, Louisa Bonaventure. After he rescues her from the brink of death, they seek a fresh start in Juniper, Wyoming -- known as Helldorado before Lou's friend "Hell-Bringin'" Hiram Severin cleaned it up. Or thought he had. When they're welcomed with hot lead, Prophet sets out to find the filth that's been swept beneath the carpet.