Clay Nash hadn't made many mistakes in his long career as Wells Fargo's top detective. But when he busted Shell Shannon from jail because he needed the man's help in solving a case, he should have expected a double-cross. When Shannon lit out on him, Clay always knew he would have to hunt the man down again, even though he'd saved Clay's life before hitting the trail.Now the time had come.Shannon was cutting a bloody trail through the Brazos country with his lethal Remington-Hepworth rifle, cutting down innocent men from up to half a mile away to get his hands on a fortune in gold. So Clay cleaned and reloaded his guns and set out to bring Shannon to justice once and for all.