Gavin McCord and his cowboys came to Missouri with a problem--3,500 longhorns and not one buyer. That's where Gladstone Pitkin came into the picture. A man with money and a dream of ranching in New Mexico, Pitkin bought McCord's cattle and hired his Texans for a trail drive down to Santa Fe. But with an ill-fated gambler on the drive, the courageous riders were heading into a death trap.