In 1881 Texas, Marshal Frank Mabry is faced with the most puzzling and dangerous
assignment of his long career. The forty-two-year-old former Texas Ranger meets
with representatives of the War Department and is told of a train robbery that
occurred near Denver, Colorado, eight months earlier. Two soldiers were brutally
murdered and $500,000 stolen. All attempts by army and railway detectives to
find the killers and recover the stolen money ended in failure. The Secretary of
War’s top advisor, Hiram McDougal, wants answers. He has been told the man for
the job is Marshal Frank Mabry, a no-nonsense, relentless lawman who is familiar
with the Texas country. Mabry quickly finds himself challenged with the job of
not only finding the killers, but keeping himself and a “greenhorn” army
lieutenant alive as well. Along the way, Mabry encounters a mysterious ranch
foreman who is hiding a dark secret, a beautiful dark-haired saloon owner out of
his past, and a passel of violent men who kill for the mere pleasure of it.
assignment of his long career. The forty-two-year-old former Texas Ranger meets
with representatives of the War Department and is told of a train robbery that
occurred near Denver, Colorado, eight months earlier. Two soldiers were brutally
murdered and $500,000 stolen. All attempts by army and railway detectives to
find the killers and recover the stolen money ended in failure. The Secretary of
War’s top advisor, Hiram McDougal, wants answers. He has been told the man for
the job is Marshal Frank Mabry, a no-nonsense, relentless lawman who is familiar
with the Texas country. Mabry quickly finds himself challenged with the job of
not only finding the killers, but keeping himself and a “greenhorn” army
lieutenant alive as well. Along the way, Mabry encounters a mysterious ranch
foreman who is hiding a dark secret, a beautiful dark-haired saloon owner out of
his past, and a passel of violent men who kill for the mere pleasure of it.
