"Historical and action-packed, award-winning author Reg Quist delivers book two in a series that details the adventures that define and stretch a young lawman. At the request of the state administrator, Rory Jamison is assigned with putting together a census of the county-in preparation for the organizational vote that will determine Rory's future as County Sheriff. But as a vicious gang passes through in an attempt to reach the railway and holds up a local bank, Rory gets tangled up in a hostage situation that sees a ranch family thrown into despair as their lives are put on the line. With determination-and the voice of his dead father reminding him of his duty-Rory dives headfirst into a perilous situation with an unforeseen outcome. Full of deception, frontier action, and desolate pursuits, Rory is on a steadfast mission to end his county's violence once and for all...while protecting the innocent lives of those caught in the crossfire"--