After riding with Missouri bushwhackers, Taylor Callahan vowed to never take another life. He's making good on it in Peaceful Valley, preaching the Good Book. But this little settlement is about to become anything but peaceable. When the marshal takes a bullet in a skirmish, he pins a badge on the preacher, leaving him open to whole new world of hell... A railroad surveyor building a line from Laramie to Denver is cutting across Arapaho land, starting a war on Peace Treaty Peak. If that's not enough to set the county on fire, Callahan's trigger-happy past comes calling. The revenge-seeking Harris boys are hot on his tail. With the marshal down, Peaceful Valley is ripe for the taking--and blasting Callahan to kingdom come is part of the deal. If keeping the peace means breaking his vow, so be it. He's not looking forward to strapping on his Colt .45 again, but hard times call for hard men. That's the gospel truth. -- From back cover.