Life has not been easy for young cowboy Lonnie Gentry. Lonnie and his mother live alone, workinghard, raising cattle and horses on their remote Colorado mountain ranch. Now the thirteen-year-oldmust travel over perilous mountains to return money stolen by his mother's outlaw boyfriend to adeputy U.S. marshal.On Lonnie's journey, he's joined by young Casey Stoveville, daughter of a sheriff killed by theoutlaws. The unlikely pair is attacked by an enraged grizzly, encounter a crazy ex-Confederate whomay or may not be after the stolen money, and must battle the deadly outlaws shadowing their everymove, intent on killing them and retrieving the loot.It's a man's job. And it's going to take a man -- and the woman the man loves -- to see it through.