"Four years ago, three men held up a train and made of with thirty thousand dollars in gold. Captured, they refused to trade the gold for lighter sentences. Now the leader, Denson Boyd, has been released, and it's up to ex-railroad detective Marc Charvein to follow him to the treasure. But when Boyd ambushes him and kills his horse, Charvein is stranded in the desert. He stumbles into Lodestar, a mining town abandoned by all but a hermit. But Lodestar is about to be overrun by people, and Charvein can only hope to make it out alive" -- Cover verso.