When Deschamp and his gang massacred an Indian village, John Slocum vowed to make him pay. Slocum had to take the scalps back to lapwai County where they belonged--and add Deschamp's to them for good measure. But Slocum found himself braving the wildest frontier yet. Between the mountain lions and hired outlaws, Slocum may not claim Deschamp's scalp before losing his own.