The Bucket of Blood saloon is robbed, the owner murdered, and one of the saloon's upstairs girls abducted. Tucker Ashley talks himself into tracking for the posse because the kidnapped girl is his best friend's fiancée. He leads the pathetic posse--made up of cattle rustlers, a gambler, and a fat blacksmith--in pursuit of a gang so brutal that even the Army turned the other way rather than confront it. Between the outlaws, the Indians, and the Army, Tucker is beaten, ambushed, and left for dead in the harsh Dakota winter. Finally, he stands at the edge of a cliff, facing the ringleader of the gang that started it all--and one of them must end it.
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by C.M. Wendelboe.
