Out in Indian Country, a case of mistaken identity can cost a man his life …
Getting ambushed by a pair of army deserters in the New Mexico desert wasn't part of John Stone's plans. He'd just left a job herding cattle in Texas, hot on a lead that his long-lost Marie was in Fort Hayes. But she's no longer there, as Stone learns in the stockade—where he's charged with desertion. Now he has to prove he's a civilian, and fast. The outpost is turning into a hellhole. General Custer's caught between Sioux warriors and murderous subordinates—and it looks like Stone will have to take them on all by himself ...
