"Bonnie Davis, a saloon girl at the Golden Spur, is a strange enigma to Sheriff Lucas Murphy. "You talk different," he tells her. "Educated-like." She agrees to marry him anyway. But the day after her engagement, Bonnie is viciously shot down at the Golden Spur. Two hired guns stage the shooting to make it appear Bonnie was caught in a crossfire. Obsessed with avenging Bonnie's death, Lucas Murphy takes after the gunmen. He will kill them, find out the identity of the man who paid for Bonnie's murder, and make sure he dies a slow, painful death. U.S. Marshal Parley Cooper is determined to stop the young lawman before he becomes an outlaw himself. Cooper begins down a treacherous path that first leads to a town controlled by a rogue sheriff. From there, Cooper journeys to Dallas, where he uncovers a shocking criminal operation. Cooper's skills with a Colt .45 and his fists are put to the ultimate test as he charges into the bizarre and violent world that destroyed a young woman and turned a dedicated lawman into a savage predator."--