As Lieutenant Rory Nance lay dying after the battle of Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley, Captain Josh Logan gave his word to his best friend.

Now, two years later, deep in the Comancheria, Josh Logan rides to accomplish his dying friend's request. As he rides through the rolling West Texas hills, blood-thirsty Comanches could wait in the next ravine or around the next hill. Yet, he is determined to fulfill his promise.

His message delivered, he must make a decision that could cost him his life. Will Josh stay and help Rory's father save his ranch from sharp-shooters, murderers, and land-grabbers, or continue to Colorado to join his brother Callum before the snow flies?