This book is written by Chad Merrimen. Jeb was a single-minded man. He came out West to discover who had bushwhacked his brother, and he had no interest in running the small ranch that was left. He wasn't concerned about who ran the other small ranches around either, or whether the nesters could be scared off the land claimed by the empire. But when Jeb was strung up by the thumbs, he discovered right quick, whose side he was on. And suddenly, it became even more urgent to find out who had killed Tom - for all Jeb knew, he might be siding his brother's murderer.