Buck Fletcher plans to ride his horse for a $l0,000 prize, money he needs to send his sick daughter to a faraway clinic. Then some outlaws steal his steed ---and with it, his sick daughter's last hope.

An inexperienced cowpuncher with a solid work ethic, Dusty Hannah has earned the respect of his boss. Entrusted with $30,000 of the cattle rancher's gold, he must take the fortune across Texas's Red River by way of Indian territory, where the Apaches still reign. But the Apaches are the least of Dusty's concerns once word of the money reaches the ears of every desperado in the Southwest. Saddled with the gold, and suddenly responsible for protecting...