FOR SOME MEN, TROUBLE IS A CONSTANT COMPANION . . . No matter how much he tries to avoid it, bounty hunter Brodie Pike can't just look away when trouble stares him in the face like a determined desert rattler. In his business, friends are hard to find, and when they need help, Pike will always heed the call no matter the consequences-someday they might do the same for him. Pike faces daunting odds when he rides to the aid of some newfound friends in the gold- and silver-mining towns of Colorado Territory-two honorable marshals beset by repugnant outlaw gangs, and an innocent woman ravaged by bestial men who care not a whit for decorum and decency. Using his own strength of will and determination, and a fair measure of skill he's honed over the years, Pike sets out to bring justice to the Colorado Territory's HARD LAND...