U. S. Deputy Marshal Del Cole and wife, Elena, and son, Carlos, visit Mexico because Elena’s father is dying.
Del is arrested there and Don Rodrigo Vega, a man Elena was promised to marriage eighteen years before, takes Elena and her son into his hacienda as supposed guests.
After a few weeks, Will Fain realizes the Cole family must be in trouble, so Will and Isum go to Mexico to rescue the family.
It proves to be a long and treacherous journey filled with intrigue and mortal danger.
Another classic tale of the Old West as only R. O. Lane can tell it.
