"FOR SOME MEN, TROUBLE IS A CONSTANT COMPANION . . . No matter how much he tries to avoid trouble, bounty hunter Brodie Pike can't just look away when it stares him in the face. In his business, friends are hard to find, and when they need help, Pike will always heed the call. Pike faces daunting odds when he rides to the aid of some newfound friends in the gold- and silver-mining towns of Colorado Territory-two marshals beset by outlaw gangs, and a woman ravaged by bestial men"--