Cody had once fought a cougar to a standstill -- bare-handed. He's not a man to mess with. When Curtin and Willis rob him of his cache of furs, leave his partner parboiled and burn down the cabin, there is nowhere for the killers to hide. Now a whole town wants him for their sheriff -- all but Deputy Blake Ross. He makes more trouble for Cody than he's ever seen, enough to plant him on Boot Hill with men he had hunted and killed.