If it weren't for the prospect of $300, Fargo wouldn't want anything to do with the mining town of Gila Bend. But he's promised to find a man who has disappeared searching for silver. Besides the usual bullies and brawlers, Gila Bend holds a mother lode of secrets and dangers-including a right unpleasant Apache known as "the Renegade," whose merciless mutilations have the entire town terrified. But the Trailsman has a job to do, and he's going to get to the bottom of this blood-soaked boomtown.