"The long-awaited return of Smoke Jensenās son ignites a powder keg of problems for the town of Big Rock, Colorado. This time, itās personalāand definitely fatal.
Smoke Jensen is mighty proud of his son Louis for finishing law school. But he canāt help being a little disappointed that Louis isnāt returning to the Sugarloaf Ranch. Instead, heās setting up his own law practice in nearby Big Rockāa career choice that turns out to be every bit as dangerous as fending off cattle rustlers. The boyās first case lands him smack in the middle of a heated dispute between two riled-up ranchers over water rights. If Louis canāt settle them down, the whole thing could blow up into a bloody range war. Then a scheming con man shows up in town to stir up troubleāand ends up dead. Now Louis has to defend his sisterās boyfriend on murder charges. Whatās worse, the real killer is still out there. And heās ready to slaughter again.
Smoke Jensenās son may be a lawyer now. But if thereās one thing he learned from his daddy, itās that in places like Big Rock, men live and die by one law alone: the law of the gun."