
When a deadly raid wipes out his entire family and burns his land to ash, a reclusive ex-Confederate officer is dragged back into a world he tried to leave behind. Once a feared commander, now a broken rancher haunted by loss, he’s left with nothing but scars, silence, and a rifle loaded with wrath.
Rumors swirl of masked riders carving a path of death across the borderlands. Their mark — a scorched serpent brand — signals the rise of a ruthless mercenary gang employed by a corrupt gold baron eager to take over the last unclaimed territory in the West. But he didn’t count on one thing: the man he tried to erase isn’t done fighting.
He doesn’t ask for help. He doesn’t make speeches. He hunts.