The territorial governor has sent three lawmen to clean up the mess that is Chico, New Mexico - and not one of those lawmen has made it out alive. A crooked sheriff has the terrified denizens of Chico under his boot heel, so the governor turns to John Henry Sixkiller, sending him undercover as a gunman for hire.

So far, Sixkiller has bloodied his opponents in every battle he's fought in the Southwest. But this one could affect the entire country: A group of merciless land pirates have been hiding behind Chico's brutal sheriff. Their goal: to make the entire territory hostage and sell it lock, stock and barrel to Mexico - gleefully slaughtering anyone who gets in the way...