In 1879, Taw Black, away at college in Georgia, receives word that his familys ranch in the New Mexico Territory has been raided by outlaws-and that his father has been killed. When Taw learns that his adopted brother may have been involved, he starts for home to clear his brothers name and avenge the death of his father.



With no money to fund his journey, Taw must plod through the dangerous post-Civil War landscape, using any means to survive. Taws grief transforms into hate, even as he is befriended by a riverboat gambler, a Mexican outlaw, and a band of renegade Indians. When he finally...