Jared Hawk was a gunfighter. His talent for killing was up for hire – if the price was right. His code was simple: stay alive to deliver the goods and collect the dues, and don’t step aside for any man.

Philip Garrett hired Hawk to take him and his niece, Sarah Lee, through to Los Angeles, but a pack of professional guns blocked the road. Before Hawk reached the City of the Angels all his gunskills were brought to bloody use, and the old California trail was marked with gravestones...