Publisher's Synopsis
Walt Parras wakes up at the bottom of a cliff beside his horse...which has a bullet-hole in its head. When he stumbles out of the brush - stubbled, scarred and bloodstained - and fetches up at the Two-Pole Pumpkin ranch, the owner's daughter Teresa Romero takes pity on him and offers him work. Though keen to earn his keep, Parras remembers nothing at all from the time before he regained consciousness, and only knows his own name because it appears on the papers he carries... Trouble has been building on the ranch for some time. As the elderly Don Adolfo Romero crawls further into a bottle every day, despite his daughter's efforts to stop him and keep the ranch running, the ramrod Olivares seems to be quietly taking over control of the spread. Meanwhile, Parras begins to fall in love with Teresa...
