After serving in the Civil War, Ben Jackson moves to Kansas and hopes to make a new start as the local Deputy Sheriff. He wants nothing more than a quiet, peaceful life in a small town when barely anything ever happens, and hopefully, to meet a fine woman and build a family on his own. Yet reality will prove to be completely different from what he had in mind. Ben will need to navigate the power dynamics and the town’s unwritten laws if he is to make it in this uncharted territory.
Unbeknownst to him, Jack has walked into another war, one just as dangerous as the last one…
Jackknife Bellows is the most powerful man in the county and he has ruled his ranch and the county as a king, or more like a dictator. There are rumors of several unmarked graves on Bellows’ land, filled with men Jackknife has killed, and numerous crimes with his name written all over. Yet it seems that nobody can touch him. When Bellows’ son is severely injured by an unidentified man, his father swears revenge.
Before long the county is perched precariously near a Civil War of its own…
The dark shadow that has been lying over the land will violently turn into a riveting saga of retribution, duty, and valor – and Ben finds himself in the middle of it all… With bullets flying and blood spreading all over Kansas, will his fast gun and determination help him survive the second biggest challenge of his life?