When good-natured but quick-tempered Texan Pike Bearfield rides into the mining town of Blue Lizard in 1879, one impulsive kindness - shielding a stranger from baying hounds - drags him into a tangle of mistaken identities, small-town suspicion, and shadowy deals. Told in a letter to his brother, Pike’s tale barrels through gold fever, a captivating woman named Hannah, breathless chases, and a midnight vigil over a mysterious sack - where every smile might be a disguise and every handshake a setup. A brisk, brawling, slyly funny western about honor, reputation, and the kind of bad luck that always finds the saloon door.

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