John Ryker was a gunsmith. One of the best in the West. But now circumstances had forced him to become a bounty hunter too. And his gun-skill made him the most lethal one-man slaughter-force around. Emiliano Muerta didn't know just how deadly Ryker was when he arrogantly ordered him to create the fanciest handgun ever made just to satisfy Muerta's vanity. And when Muerta tried to welch on the deal, he didn't know the savage and violent price Ryker would make him pay for his treachery...