Ever since Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart lost his father to ruthless J.T. Priest, he's hoped to find the outlaw leader and bring him down. When hanging judge Isaac Parker sends Hart and his partner, Twojack Roth, to break up Priest's infamous gang, Los Pistoleros, he is only too willing to fulfill his duty.

With the price on Priest's head rising, gunmen from the East and the West alike come forward, rifles in their hands and dollar signs in their eyes. Hart and Roth need all the help they can get to catch Priest and his crew, who've stolen a million dollars - and taken a pretty hostage.

Joining Hart's hunt is former bounty hunter Jake Coak and the ever-resourceful "Quick Charlie" Sims. With these two on his side, Hart sets out on a trail leading to a final desert showdown in this the concluding third book in the Dead or Alive Trilogy.