Jove, New York, 2006, 2nd pr.  ISBN 0-515-14217-4.  MMPB, 297 pages.  Inscribed by author opposite to title page to prior owner.  Light edge and cover wear, very faint reading crease on spine, binding tight; gently read.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanning pages.  ‘Horse Creek, Montana … is a prime location for Rupart MacDavis’s ever-expanding cattle empire.  With allies on both sides of the law working against the ranchers, MacDavis believes the water-rich land will be his in under a year’s time.  Now, Herschel Baker’s friend has been murdered in cold blood, leaving behind a widow and four children, and the sheriff refuses to investigate.  Horse Creek’s residents know that the law belongs to men like MacDavis, and are too frightened to unite against the corruption and injustice that govern their lives.  But Baker knows that if someone doesn’t take a stand, the next incident to befall Horse Creek may leave more than one body in its wake…’ (from rear wrap)