Granville Stewart is the wealthiest and most powerful rancher in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. Only the most daring—or foolish—rustlers would even consider stealing Stewart's steers, but that's exactly what Stringer Jack's outlaw band plans to do.
Clint Adams is in the valley at the request of his friend the sheriff, who needs help in keeping the peace. Because if the rustlers strike Stewart's ranch, the cattleman will take the law into his own hands—and instigate a bloodbath that may place the Gunsmith in the cross fire...
J.R. Roberts (Robert J. Randisi) is an American author who writes in the Detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers."
He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award.