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Arizona Territory in the 1880s is the backdrop for this Western, companion to Vengeance Road. Eighteen-year-old Reece Murphy is determined to escape the ruthless Rose Riders gang; aspiring journalist Charlotte Vaughn, sixteen, is the gang's latest conquest from a train robbery. Murder, moral dilemmas, and romantic overtones come into play in Bowman's latest thrill ride through the Wild West.