Conrad has come as far as Denver, dodged a bullet from a beautiful assassin, and landed in a big buy-in poker tournament against a ruthless heavy-betting cattle baron with a plan of his own: to take this city slicker into the wilderness, and hunt him like an animal. But Rance McKinney doesn't know who he is facing. Now it's the Loner against McKinney, the hunter and the hunted. And when he's cornered, the Loner is the most dangerous beast of all.