A war was raging between the Anvil Ranch and its bitter rival, the Fifty-four. Men were being cut down from ambush, cattle rustled, and each side constantly blamed the other. And when Joe Tucker, boss of the Fifty-four, hired Flint and Ram Brand, two of the toughest gunfighters money could buy, Burk Kincaid decided to do likewise for the Anvil.The two men he got were Benedict and Brazos.But the urbane gambler and his tough-as-nails partner weren’t interested in fighting a war—they wanted only to keep the peace.That, however, was easier said than done. The ranchers shared a dark secret that was at the heart of their feud. And even when a climactic gunfight on Sheridan’s Main Street seemed to settle matters, there was still one more gunman who wanted to buy into the fracas … a sinister, one-eyed shootist known as Kid Silk!