In the West Texas badlands, when you sit down to play a game of cards, you risk more than your money or your life. This is the latest Western from bestselling authors Robert Hanlon and D.G. Wyatt.Gambling is a way of life and death. Many a man has found his maker at the opposite end of a six-gun held by a cheater or a sore loser. Cody Walker, fresh from a cattle drive and seeking to increase his grubstake so he can purchase a ranch of his own back home, sits in on a game in Tenderfoot, Texas.He lost badly, and with the loss of his money went his dreams of a ranch of his own. With the last of his money on the table, Cody caught the man winning most of the hands dealing from the bottom of the deck. The dealer drew his gun first, but missed Cody. Cody, though slow on the draw, was sharp on his aim and killed the man.Now Cody is on the run. The gambler he killed had a half-dozen friends, who saw the gambler as a meal ticket and now want revenge. Trying to outsmart his pursuers, Cody takes the only shortcut between them and home, but soon he discovers he not only has to outrun the gang, but survive Devil's Pass.