Lucas Schmidt’s classic Western novel about courage, guilt and love.
Cord Cordeu, a migrant worker trying to forget his past, rides in to San Antonio, Texas in 1899 and gets caught in a feud between two men: a man who got out of prison recently named Simon Steiner and Jim Peterson, a retired army sergeant.
The dispute is related to a valuable lot of 500 acres that Peterson refuses to sell. Cord wants to work on a farm and be left alone, but after he meets Jim Peterson he is intrigued and tries to find out why Simon Steiner refuses to stop harassing Mr. Peterson. But as Cord investigates further it only turns violent, causing Cord to defend his life.