Spur Award–winning author: Chet Byrnes brought the spirit of Texas into Arizona Territory—and the guns to back it up.

Have gun, will battle.

Chet Byrnes has built a ranching empire from the ground up. And he’s defended it with sweat, blood, and a ragtag band of ranch-hand fighters. Now a beautiful young Spanish widow comes into Chet’s life, just as he starts off in search of a lost cattle drive. The search leads into the eye of a sprawling, violent storm.

Chet and his men—and his seductive new woman—end up on a wild ride through Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas, where authorities want to confiscate the beeves for trespassing. With Indians, outlaws, and an oppressive government crossing their path, Chet is on a cowboy’s honeymoon: fighting and shooting all the way back home.

“Dusty Richards writes… with the flavor of the real West.” —Elmer Kelton

“Dusty takes readers into the real west at full gallop.” —New York Times-bestselling author Jodi Thomas