Sheriff Buck Rawlins was a hero ... years ago. The next-to-last-thing he needed was a man like John Stone stopping a bank robbery single-handed, reminding folks what a real hero looked like. The last thing Rawlins needed was John Stone as his deputy.Now Stone is on the right side of the law, but the wrong side of the sheriff—with Deke Casey's outlaw gang gunning for him, it's a mighty dangerous place to be ...Once, John Stone had everything a man could ever want: wealth, position, and a woman who loved him. But that was before the Civil War. Now, he's lost his fortune, and his fiancée has disappeared. All he has left is his Colt, a picture of Marie, and a mission—to roam the West until he finds the woman he loves!