For ten years, Owen Tragg lived on his reputation as a hero-- exploited by a slick showman who dressed him and billed him as "the man who killed Jody Barker."When the act finally folded. Tragg was relieved. But before he could head for El paso to apply for a deputy's job, he had some unpleasant business to take care of at Boser's Creddk.There Jody Barker's widow waited for him; and there, by a twist of faith that had sent a half-starved sodbuster on a killing spree. Tragg, the man, was forced to separate himself from Tragg the legend. He was all that stood between two people and death.