Sometimes, things that happen in the past have such an effect that something inside changes and a new person is born—a person so flawed and consumed that nothing will ever be the same again.
Two years ago, Taylor Sayles arrived in the town of Ashford. He brought money, work, and order with him. He owns a prosperous ranch beyond the town limits and is spoken of as a man of principle. A man with nothing to hide. But the past has a way of finding those who believe they’ve outrun it.
A stranger comes to the ranch under an assumed name, quiet and observant, content to wait. He watches Sayles closely, measuring the man against a memory that refuses to fade. What he plans has nothing to do with the law and everything to do with settling an old debt written in blood. But does he have the right man in his sights?