When Yancey Bannerman killed the Leverett boys, Wade and Hawkeye, their old man, Bart, swore revenge on him. It wasn't a threat Yancey was about to take lightly—he well knew that Bart was a vicious outlaw and no stranger to killing. All of which meant that he'd have to have all his wits about him at all times, and allow nothing to distract him.
Then Erik Larsen came into his life.
The young Dane was a stranger in a strange land, and needed someone to ride herd on him until he learned the ways of the west. Yancey didn't want the job, but he found himself stuck with it, anyway.
To make matters worse, Erik himself started causing problems. A natural with a gun, he was soon attracting trouble from all over ... which meant that Bannerman the Enforcer didn't just need to keep himself alive, he also had to make sure the Viking with a gun survived as well!