Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain & one-time black sheep of the brutal & blood-steeped Burroughs clan It's been a year since a rogue government agent systematically crippled the family's criminal empire that left two of the brothers dead & Clayton the youngest & only surviving member of the clan broken & haunted by wounds that may never heal Now Bull Mountain is vulnerable ripe for predators wanting to re-establish the flow of dope & money through the town & the death of a boy belonging to a rival clan brings the wolves straight to Clayton's door The only good son born of a crooked tree Clayton wants to bury his bloody family legacy for good But he'll need to call on it if he wants to save his family & his mountain from the destruction that awaits