Sam Miller is an aging bounty hunter after the gang known as the Pintos. He tracks them to Charleston, Arizona, but finds more than just the killers; there is also the evil that nurtured them. Miller is tough, impatient, and anti-social, but now he also finds a woman with as much sand as he has, and she's caught between him and the Pintos. Set during an actual little-known historical event, this crisp, violent story races to a dramatic and unique ending. And life is rough in Deadwood, Dakota Territory for Willie Appleton, a young man of slow wit who becomes embroiled in gold-seeking ventures he can't understand. Life to him is simple and beautiful, but the violence around him is a challenge. A touching and poignant tale of lives forever changed by the innocence of the young man known as Slow Willie. (Synopsis from book cover)