WINNER, 2014 ELMER KELTON AWARD, WEST TEXAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
FINALIST, 2013 WILL ROGERS MEDALLION AWARD FOR WESTERN FICTION
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Tom Rowden has been riding away from the Pecos for twenty years, plagued by the image of his wife, Sarah, the second before he killed her. Now, he is dead-set on returning to her unmarked grave at Horsehead Crossing to make final atonement. His journey is interrupted when a group of Mexican bandits burn down the 7L ranch house, kill the owner, and abduct a young woman, Liz Anne.
Tom joins Jess Graham and three other men in an attempt to ride down the Mexicans and rescue Liz Anne, whom Jess loves. But the haunting memories and a 79-mile stretch of desert prove just as threatening as the bandidos they must overtake on the Pecos.