To Milo Talon there is nothing finer than drifting the far, lonesome country. But times are lean, and Talon hires out for a job that suddenly has him hog-tied to trouble. He's hunting for the long-hidden secret to a fortune in gold. Along with a beautiful woman driven by a desperate fear. Talon is quickly caught in the gold-crazed treachery of liars, thieves and murdersers tracking his every move. But when the fighting gets ugly, Talon's rule is: plunge in and let the Devil count the dead.