Publisher's Synopsis
Hal, a Bear Track Ranch top hand, is a good-looking, decent young fellow when sober, but hell on wheels when drunk. In Queen City they call him "Outlaw" and hate to see him coming. He arrives to escort a party of boss Oscar Estabrook's relatives and friends to the ranch, where Old Pompey Estabrook has put Oscar in charge, hoping the challenge will cure his son's gambling habit and make a man of him. While Hal waits for the train, in another drunken rage he tangles with Big John Brent, a powerful itinerant preacher who takes a liking to him - and will soon be an asset when they learn that Oscar is deep in debt to dapper, heartless "Prince" Victor Dufresne, a clever gambler and murderer. Can Hal and John spoil Victor's game and save Oscar and the Bear Track from sure ruin?
