Spenser O'Connor's luck has finally run out. After years of riding with Kirk Morton's outlaw gang, he's been caught and slammed in Beaver Ridge jail. The noose beckons. Then two bounty hunters, Nat McBain and Clifford Trantor, offer him a choice - die at dawn or help them track down Kirk Morton.
Not surprisingly, Spenser chooses to help them.
But this unlikely team soon discovers that Kirk is an ornery and ruthless quarry. Worse, they're not the only ones after him and the other bounty hunters will stop at nothing to capture Kirk.
When the bullets start flying from all directions, it isn't long before Spenser wonders if the noose might have been the better choice.