When a lawman goes bad, it seems things can only end one way. For once-respected marshal and bounty hunter Laredo Judson, it looks likely to end with a hanging. But then the mysterious Miriam Hargrove offers him a deal - his freedom in return for his unique abilities as a man-hunter. His target: the cold-blooded Carson Nix. Laredo doesn't have much choice in the matter; not if he wants to go on breathing. So he takes the deal, straps on his gun and hits the trail ...