"Know what Crow used to say about livin' by you guns? Said it made him a kind of alchemist. Said he was the first man in history to turn lead into gold. Yeah. Meanest son of a bitch ever. Crow."No other name. just Crow. Dressed in black from head to toe. The meanest man in the bullet-scarred annals of the West. Nobody ever turned their back on him. A cold voice in the shadows, a vengeful angel of death ...Time was when Crow was visiting Fort Garrett. Took a dislike to a young cavalryman named Jonas ... and nearly broke every bone in his body ... But while they were making up their minds what to do with Crow, a boy disappeared from the Fort, name of Cyrus Quaid ... a sadistic sixteen year-old, hated by the Apaches. So they sent Crow out to find him ...