Frank Shannon arrived home from the war to find his family dynasty torn apart. Who was Jack Bamber, the lean stranger living in Tom Shannon's Slash S ranch house? And where was Tom and his wife, Beth? Locked in a cell and accused of cattle rustling, Shannon vows to discover the truth. With the help of veteran lawyer Mack Findlay and an unlikely alliance with Marshal Eli Simm, Shannon begins unravelling a fifty-year-old mystery that is destined to end with the thunder of hooves and the roar of blazing six-guns.