Leo Guild wants work—riding shotgun on the last stagecoach lines is coming to an end, and he needs money fast. When offered the simple job of finding a missing prizefighter, how can he refuse? Although Guild hates boxing, thinking it nothing more than a blood game, jobs are few and far between, so he takes it.

Guild quickly finds the missing fighter holed up in the home of his girlfriend—and finds a lot more trouble than he asks for. Now Guild finds himself taking an even greater dislike to fighters, promoters, and fans of the Blood Game.