Publisher's Synopsis
"When Virgil Hutt, owner of The Bootheel ranch, realizes he is dying, he knows he needs someone around to show his 16-year-old adopted son, Tyler, all the things a man needs to know. He sends for his missing partner's son, Case Spencer, a grim-faced gunman. Virgil tells Spencer he suspects his father was killed by outlaw Dalton Fox. He will underwrite an expedition to get the truth, as long as Spencer takes Tyler with him. He intends to leave the ranch to Tyler and Spencer if they do discover his partner was murdered. The journey will become a mission of vengeance and heartbreak for Tyler and Spencer, one that will change both of them forever"--.
