A Spur Award-winning Author -- A Spur Award-nominated Title. With blood and tears, Chet Byrnes built a life in Texas, only to have it shattered by an ill-fated cattle drive and a deadly family feud. So Chet and his young nephew set out for Arizona, hoping to find a new home. Encountering killers, bandits, a punishing climate, and a harsh, haunting land, they search for a perfect place to settle down. Chet will have to risk dying before he can meet the one woman who would make it all worthwhile . . .