They called him "Catamount" Cody because he had once fought a cougar to a standstill-bare-handed. No man to mess with. But Curtin and Willis tried, robbed him of his cache of furs, left his partner parboiled, and the cabin a pile of ash. There was no place for the killers to hide this side of hell. But Cody was ready to follow them to hell and back-and almost did, earning a reputation that made a whole town want him for their sheriff. But Deputy Blake Ross figured the job was his. He made more trouble for Cody than he had ever seen-enough to plant him on Boot Hill with men he had hunted and killed.