In hidden cabins and moonless rendezvous along the twisted Outlaw Trail, grim riders still whisper the names of the Five Mavericks; still tell, in the hushed midnight silence, of that time in Bear Creek County when Doc Grimson and his longrider bunch risked a sheriff's noose and lobo lead to cleanse from their name the damning killer sign--braved the hungry guns of an entire county so that one victim of their supposed ruthless gunplay might realize her rightful heritage