William MacLeod Raine, was an American novelist. He worked as a reporter and editorial writer for local newspapers. He was best known for his fictional adventure stories about the American Old West. Twenty of his novels have been screened. Despite his prolificacy, he was a careful, conscientious worker, he was aimed at accurate details, and considered himself a craftsman rather than an artist.

The action of this novel takes place on the infinite expanses of the American prairies in the background of bright historical events of the nineteenth century. This work will be useful for a wide range of readers - adventurers, lovers of history and ethnography, the fans love affairs - everyone will find in this book something for yourself. In the vast expanses of the Wild West are killing people in order to survive, so the expert shooter is highly appreciated. But if he does not want to have a dirty business, then condemned to wander alone among the plains. What happened to him? Read the story to know!