When John Chapel was young, his parents were brutalized and murdered by Bevo Rooks and his gang of cutthroats. With a cold, undying tenacity, he tracked the men across Indian Territory, picking them off one by one. But the wily Rooks got away. Chapel was soon taken in by the Chickasaw Nation and lived as one of them.

Twelve years later, Chapel is a deputy marshal, renowned for his ability to run down his quarry. But he hasn’t forgotten the promise he made to finish what he began. And Rooks still hasn’t changed his evil ways. When Chapel joins the hunt for the outlaw, he knows his quest for vengeance is coming to a close-and that his prey will finally die by his bullet…