It's cattle country and a dark haired vixen of a madam invited a gunslinger into town to help her hang on. Now he's got a half interest in just about every business and most of the ranchers have been forced to sell out. He's made himself into the Sheriff and hired every outlaw and thug for miles around as his deputies. He runs this town with an iron fist, but blind Old Mr. Cullen and his doting daughter are holding out. He's hoping for help, but it may never come.

What happens when a Stranger passes through town and doesn't stand for the band of crooks running things? There's never been a gunslinger like him, but he acts like no one ever sent for him and he's just looking for a place to rest up in his way to California. Who is he and whose side is he on if anyone's?

There is not a dull page in this book. Cover to cover its filled with an exciting story, perfectly paced. It's one you'll want to read cover to cover and then read it again to catch what you missed. Just like Mike Hammer stories, there are the good guys and the bad guys. No moral confusion here. The story is told so well that it doesn't feel cliched at all.

This book was originally a screenplay and it feels just like an old movie as you are reading it.
The only question is are other Westerns like this or is this book simply a unique thing? ( )