The town of Apache Wells had quietly sneered at Brian Sheridan all his life. It knew him as a drunk and a playboy, the worthless son of a man who had hacked his power and fortune from the Arizona wilds in the tradition of the great empire builders. And then one day the father was dead. Brian found himself broke, hated, squeezed dry by the men he'd known as friends. Slowly, Brian Sheridan began to fight back. It was a good feeling. But it carried the uneasy knowledge that somebody had decided the new Sheridan would also be the last.
A writer from age 17, Les Savage Jr. was a contributor to pulp magazines for a number of years. In addition he penned over twenty books. A few of his better known titles are: "Treasure of the Brasada," "Silver Street Women" and "The Royal City."