Kate Dukes' life hung in the balance ... and her father, the Governor of Texas, held his top Enforcer, Yancey Bannerman, responsible! When the Governor suspended him, Yancey decided – reluctantly – to strike out and go it alone. A group of small ranchers were hoping to push their herds to a place known as Purgatory, where the best cattle prices were being paid. And it was vital that they make it – because if they didn't, they could kiss goodbye to their land, which was mortgaged to a robber baron known as Troy Gant.