In the tinderbox of Virginia City, fireman Morgan Mason learns the
hard way that he just volunteered for the most dangerous job in town in
this scorching new Western in Ralph Compton's bestselling Sundown Rider
series.
Thanks to the discovery of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada has
made many a rough-hewn millionaire. It seems like everyone is looking to
strike it rich, but to Morgan Mason the real prize is being selected as
one of the volunteer firemen who are seen as heroes in the dry, tinder
box of a town. Recently inducted into the fire brigade, Mason is called
to put out a blaze and stays to investigate its cause. His searing
discovery? The fire was no accident--it was deliberately set.
As a series of mysterious fires burns through the town, Mason begins to
perceive a pattern no one else can. And when the fiery trail leads to
the Wells Fargo building--holding what he suspects the arsonists are
really after--Mason knows he is the only one who can take the heat and
catch the crooks before the wealth of the entire town goes up in smoke.