"Brad Rutledge surveyed one hundred thousand acres of the best range in Montana-- and claimed it as his own no matter what other men said. To his few friends he bragged that he would become The Cattle King of Montana. He would carve out a private kingdom, make his own laws, and kill any man who tried to stop him. Rutledge had come a long way from the hard scrabble days in Texas, but always dogging his trail, night and day, after eight long years, were the two brothers who had sworn to kill him. It wouldn't be long before the killing started because-- range king or not-- he was marked for death"--Page 4 of cover.