The greatest Western writers of the 21st Century William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone continue their epic tale of a Rebel doctor surviving in the lawless aftermath of the Civil War... When the war ended Dr. Samuel Knight went home to Texas--but the life he expected was in ruins his wife married to a carpetbagger. Trying to defend what s left of his previous existence the good doctor is branded an outlaw and driven from Texas. Now he s laying low in New Mexico with his image on wanted posters everywhere. But when the town explodes in violence Knight will risk his neck to save innocent lives. After a cave-in injures a team of miners Knight throws his cover aside to tend to their wounds. He catches the eye of Helena Hellfire Bonham the mine s owner who s wrapped up in a murderous dispute with her ex-husband over control of the land. She thinks he was responsible for the cave-in and wants Knight to prove it. She s chosen well because if Dr. Samuel Knight is quick with a scalpel he s even faster with a gun.