The job in the Montana timber camp for the railroad meant nothing to the drifter, Riley. It was just another paycheck as he rambled west toward Oregon. But then he had seen the railroad company men gun down his friend Ben Comfrey over seventy-four dollars. Ben had a widow and a son needing that money to get them through a hard winter and so Riley took a hand. The railroad bosses first tried to laugh him off, then they tried to kill him. With fury in his heart and a capable gun in hand, Riley now went after them instead. He had set his mind on vengeance and was going to pursue it to the end of the line.

The trail to Trinity is rugged and as dangerous as hell. Sage Paxton rides it only out of the direst of necessities, to avenge his murdered parents. Sage has decided that their killer will not see another day, and bad weather, a lame horse, a crooked army officer and outlaws will not keep him from his prize. A woman came close but she turned out to be as crooked as the rest, a beautiful vulture at heart.Nothing else matters now, not even his own life. Before the end of the day he will have his vengeance against his parents' killer and his own brother ...

When you work with a man, ride with him, eat the same food and even love the same woman, you are loyal to him. That was the way Corey Keogh had always believed it should be. But when his gun-happy partner, Andy Givens, turned killer and set his sights on robbing banks and then tried to force his unwanted attentions on Corey's one love, Marly Pierce, the day of reckoning was at hand.With Andy's gold-lust out of control and his desire for Marly unabated, the time comes when friend must turn against friend, even if only guns can sever the bond between them.