Slocum’s home on the range—where more sinister things than deer and antelope play…
Working as a cowhand for the Bar M Ranch, Slocum finds himself fighting members of the rival New Age Cattle Company—whose owners are determined to brand Bar M’s assets as their own. A brief skirmish leaves Bar M victorious, but Slocum believes the war is far from over…
 
Two New Age representatives from the company’s Chicago office have arrived to oversee the recruiting of cowboys—and gunfighters—to run their ranch, and run the Bar M out of business. Now, Slocum must show these easterners that there’s a big difference between trading stocks and trading lead…