Caught up in this perfect storm are two men: U.S. Marshal Cradoc Bradshaw and?San Diego Times?reporter Nicholas Pinder.?Best friends growing up, Bradshaw and Pinder are now sworn enemies?all because of a woman.?Having once cooperated to catch bad guys, Bradshaw and Pinder now compete?Pinder with his quill pen or Bradshaw with his sawed-off shotgun and Colt single action Army revolver.?The competition heats up when someone starts killing the town?s movers and shakers. As the bodies pile up, the question becomes which of the former friends will?track down?the killer?first?