"The Civil War is not quite over for Jed and Toby Teppard, who return home to find their parents- and their ranch- gone, and to face the enmity of Crawford, sheriff's deputy, as well as the depredations of a wild bunch in the valley. Crawford's vigilant hostility drives Toby to join the brush jumpers, identifies for him a ruthless killer, and leaves Jed to settle up- over Toby's body- with his two enemies, while Bonnie lends a warmer welcome to the homecoming... A lean and angry look to this."