The assassination of an Arizona rancher, embroils Charlie Draper in the U.S. southern border wars. The question is why would anybody kill a worn out rancher on his starve-to-death? The rancher's daughter wants to know and hires Draper to find out. When his client is beaten near death and a hired killer guns down his friend, it becomes personal. Draper and his helicopter-flying Apache friend travel into Mexico to find local help and discover surprising support for the cartel's activities from an unexpected source. The second of three fast-paced novels with action, adventure and intrigue involving Charlie Draper.