Hal Peterson thought he had come up with the perfect scheme when he found out his sister, Annie, was married to a banker in Deadwood. He and his two thugs would force Ben Matters to let them into the bank at night. The only hitch was they would have to kill the banker and force Annie to go with them until they were far enough away for her to be released. The plan was working. However, Hap had not counted on the tireless persistence of Able Guthrie, Annie's former husband. Able, Sheriff Hobe Waters, and a first-rate tracker named Preacher Billy were dogging Hap's trail. And neither group was prepared to cross paths with a vicious gang of hardcases who roamed the hills of the Badlands.