Higbee, Colorado, population 147, is about to become a boomtown. The visionary General Wade Garrison is building a railroad to connect Higbee to the renowned Santa Fe Rail. But a rancher named Ike Clinton has his own selfish reasons for making sure these bands of steel go nowhere--and he'll go to any lengths to derail Garrison's plans.

Falcon MacCallister owes a war-time debt to the General and answers the call to aid the man in his fight with the Clinton brood.

The proud little town of Higbee is about to be torn to pieces; neighbors, families and lovers will be bitterly divided and bodies will litter the streets. And before the last gunsmoke clears, Falcon will come face to face with the Clintons' hired gunman, an outlaw known as the fastest gun in the West: Jefferson Tyree.

Falcon knows that the fastest way to the end of a tragedy is straight through the blood and tears--behind the light of a blazing gun...