Bullets are flying! Justin's Aunt Sara has a tiny Texas homestead place out where they should have a chance to get lonely listening to coyotes howl. But not when greedy cattlemen want to gobble her land, Comanches want her goats, and big hulking Francis, a writer from back east has a whole different fancy for Sara. In the 1870s, when people can still grab their fortunes in the west, several hands are grasping. With a fix in all the way to the most powerful people in Texas, even the Texas Rangers cannot help. Add to the mix the curse of a Buffalo Skull that drives renegade Comanche Bent Feather and his band, the future looks dim for Justin and his kin, especially when he has every reason to doubt his own courage.