The army had offered Sam and Ezra eighty dollars a head to drive their herd of choice roans to Texas. The two men were elated, but their friend Pat Stevens was skeptical. He knew that only the toughest kind of men could get those horses through miles of dust storms, rattlesnakes, and—most dangerous of all—bands of violent outlaws.
Only if they could enlist the services of a few tough hombres themselves could they hope to make it. For no one could tangle with outlaws better than their own kind!