As the newly sworn-in Deputy of Blackwater, it's former outlaw James Casper's job to deliver a key witness to a double murder trial. The defendant is the son of a wealthy landowner who will stop at nothing to make sure that the witness never makes it.
The trail from the foothills of the mighty Colorado Rockies to the vast plains of Southern Wyoming is a long ride, especially when tracked by a notoriously malicious assassin from Tennessee.
Book 2 picks up right where Book 1 left off - with a different character. The stories overlap and weave back and forth in a nice, tight, blanket of good storytelling.
Westerns aren't a 'first choice' for me, but I think I'll be making an exception for Sullivan Stone. These are very tastefully told, adrenaline-filled, wild west American historical fiction. At least that's how I'm inclined to think of them.