To all appearances when the stranger breezes into Tombstone he is a peaceable kind of guy not looking for any trouble and yet this is a tough silver town on the edge of a war. The friction between the Earp's and the Clanton and McLaury gang is heating up. But the enigmatic stranger is on another kind of mission. One that takes him into the underworld environment of a different culture far removed from the dusty streets of Tombstone, one that is outside the general knowledge of most folks in town.The old timer who guides him on this journey is a cynical cuss but one who knows the terrain and the hard cases that populate it. For both of them it is a trip into the unknown and will take them on a dangerous journey across country in search of a stunningly beautiful and reactionary young woman who may hold the key to something far deeper than first appears.