Former Texas Ranger Arlo Baines didn't come to the tiny West Texas town
of Piedra Springs to cause trouble. After his wife and children were
murdered, Arlo just wants to be left alone. Moving from place to place
seems to be the only thing that eases the pain of his family's violent
end.
But a chance encounter outside a bar forces him to rescue a terrified
woman and her children from mysterious attackers. When the woman turns
up murdered the next day--her children missing--Arlo becomes the primary
suspect in exactly the same type of crime he is trying desperately to
forget.
Haunted by the fate of his family, and with the police questioning the
existence of the dead woman's children, Arlo decides it's his duty to
find them. The question is, just how deep will he have to sink into the
dusty secrets of Piedra Springs to save them and clear his name?