<P>Crispin Mayo was a reckless young brawler who'd left his tiny fishing village for the vast American frontier. Headed west to join a railroad construction crew he came upon an isolated station-and a mystery. The shack was abandoned but fresh blood spattered the floor and the telegraph was clicking away unattended.</P><P>When Mayo stepped inside and put a hand on the telegraph key he had no way of knowing the course of his life would change forever-and that he would become entangled with a band of Civil War veterans with a score to settle against the government…and a feisty young woman who'd risk anything to save the people she loved. Cris Mayo who had never backed away from a fight in his life was about to have his courage put to the ultimate test.</P>