Zach sensed there was trouble, but he only knew how bad it was when he ran foul of Bronco Parks, foreman of the Double D, whose owner, Dan Dawson was making offers that few could refuse if they wanted to stay alive It didn't take a genius to know why the smalltimers were moving out The sheriff had been murdered, his deputies scared off and nobody wanted to be lawman until Zach pinned on the tin star, recruited his own deputies and made it his task to right the wrongs