This story has it all, mystery, action, a love story; all in a historically correct era of the old West. Will Roberts left his home in Kentucky and headed west to find his fortune. For ten years he has drifted from job to job with nothing to show for it but his horse and saddle. One day he drifts into the little town of El Dorado where at the local saloon he is drawn into a gunfight and saves the life of a grubby, foul smelling miner. The grateful miner who's name is Salty offers to reward Will with half interest in his gold mine. The same day Will meets and falls in love with Victoria, the daughter of the local sheriff. He wants to marry her but he is broke and has no job so even though Will is skeptical, he goes with Salty to the mine to check it out. Meanwhile Barney Lardman the leader of the local degenerate outlaw gang and the brother of the man Will killed in the saloon sends his gang out looking for will to kill him. Another brother Jude, a sadistic murderer and rapist heads to El Dorado looking for either Will or Victoria to vent his anger on. Will is in Laramie when he learns about Jude and he races to save Victoria but he is miles away and many obstacles bar his path. Will he save her? Is Salty's gold mine real? Read this fast moving, action packed story to find out the exciting conclusion.