Lex Cowley was the biggest, toughest rancher around. He and his gang of cutthroats controlled most of the valley and most of the town, but he wanted it all. Now his scheme was almost final, and there was no one to stop him. No one, that is, but Kirk Gannon, with his long memory about his father's death. If the marshal would do nothing, Kirk was prepared to go it alone.
Louis Preston Trimble (2 March 1917 - 1988) was an American writer and academic. His published work included science fiction, westerns, and mysteries, as well as academic non-fiction. He generally wrote as Louis Trimble, but used the pseudonym "Stuart Brock" for some of his work.