Longarm’s settling a war—on his terms.
There’s a bloody war brewing between money-hungry gold-diggers and the fierce San Carlos Apaches over the most desirable element in nature— water. U.S. Marshal Custis Long is assigned to settle this situation in the deadliest part of Arizona, Canyon City. But he’s not alone. He’s getting a little help from an unlikely lot including an old fogy named Gassy, a temperamental donkey named Ugly, and a striking Apache woman, Donita Ramirez. Longarm soon discovers that this dispute is far more complex than even he imagined. He’ll just have to give both sides a greater concern than their precious water— and it will be whether or not they’re the next to face down his smoking derringer.