"After leaving his job as sheriff of Boulder, Sam Brown decided to visit his sister and her family on their ranch south of Denver but discovered the ranch eerily silent. There was no cattle mewling in the pastures and there was no sign of movement or human activity anywhere. It wasn't long before he discovered the reason for the deserted ranch, but even as he walked through the empty rooms, he knew that his only hope was to find his sister and his niece still alive. He had no idea who had done it or why this had happened, but he would never rest until he found his sister and niece and then punished the ones who had taken them from their home. That mission would eventually lead him into a vast web of corruption and evil that would take him far away from Colorado and drastically alter his own life" -- Back cover.