A New York Times Bestselling Author A Smoke Jensen Novel of the West In this powerful new novel, William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone chronicle Smoke Jensen’s early years, long before he became a legend . . . In his first paying job as a deputy U.S. marshal for the Colorado Territory. Kirby ― later Smoke ― Jensen is sent to the lawless town of Las Animas. There, he finds a sheriff too cowardly to face the six-gun of outlaw leader Cole Dawson. Young Smoke feels no such fear, and he takes Dawson down fast. Then the real fight begins.