The mayor of Repentance Springs has fallen down a mine shaft.
Undismayed, Ned McReady vows to keep the peace, by fair means or
foul – his way or the road to Perdition. The only fly in this curly wolf’s ointment is Jack Colty - a loose cannon, robbing banks, and shooting folks, and he don’t care a continental – if you believe the stories. With a plan hatched behind the gospel mill, Ned sets out to put a spoke in Jack’s wheel. Deals are struck. Ambushes are set.