The Loner may appear to be a dashing young gunfighter, but few know the tragedy and heartbreak that shaped him.

Smoke Jensen, the last mountain man, returns to the town of Red Light, Montana to claim the estate of his sister Janey and runs afoul of Major Cosgrove, a thief who is laying claim to Janey's land.

A sudden dual with an assassin has lef an innocent woman with a bullet in her back. Frank must make his stand on a hot Sunday, when the dying will say their final prayers

Mountain man Smoke Jensen lives by the rules of the frontier. The first rule is: the strongest survive. But when bad breaks, bad weather and bad bovines back Smoke into a corner, he needs something to go right. Instead, he faces the kind of tough luck only a gun can beat.