The horse’s hoofs rang loudly on the boards as the wagon rolled onto the bridge. Suddenly there was a loud crack, a shower of hot lead, then a grinding, splintering crash. In a matter of seconds the stream became a bloody turmoil of screaming horses and men!

Again the vicious killers struck without warning and disappeared without a trace. They would stop at nothing to realize their mad dream of empire and untold wealth!

To bring them to justice was Jim Hatfield’s mission. And as the Texas Ranger set forth to find their hidden haunt he became a marked target of death!