All Jacob Wolf wanted was a hot meal and a soft bed. What he got was a town's death sentence.
Twenty-year-old bounty hunter Jacob Wolf rides into Wallacetown, Colorado, looking for rest after weeks on the trail. Instead, he finds himself in a gunfight with the notorious Randolph Coleman-a fight that leaves the town marshal dead and Wolf with an unwanted reputation as the fastest gun in the territory.
But Coleman's death brings an even deadlier problem to Wolf's door.
For months, the outlaw Gideon Usher and his gang of twenty gunmen have terrorized Wallacetown, extorting "protection money" from every business and home. Those who resist are beaten, burned out, or worse. The town council is desperate-desperate enough to offer Wolf five thousand dollars to do what the law won't: take down Gideon Usher.
One man against twenty killers. Impossible odds, even for a bounty hunter. But when Wolf sees the fear in the townspeople's eyes-and when a boy named Carson reminds him what it means to stand up for what's right-he knows he can't ride away.
To win, Wolf will need more than a fast draw. He'll need patience, cunning, and the courage to face the most dangerous gunfighter in Colorado Territory in a showdown that will determine the fate of Wallacetown-and test whether Jacob Wolf deserves the legend growing around his name.
From the author of the Werewolf Saga comes a classic Western tale of justice, courage, and the price of doing what's right.