Montana had tested his courage on the bloody battlefields of the Civil War, sharpening his killer instinct in savage hand-to-hand fighting and had seen enough slaughter to last him forever. But he had promised to drive his brother's cattle to Missouri and knew he'd have to use all his lethal skills to get back alive. For the trail was held by hostile Indians and outlaws who had killed for so long, they enjoyed it. Montana knew that if there was any dying to be done, he'd take a lot of men with him...