Strange rider moves in the moonlight on the night savannah, terrifying its inhabitants. The rider has no head. Who is he and where did he come from? The beautiful Louise Poindexter, whose family recently settled in Casa del Corvo, is courted by retired captain Cassius Colhoun and young mustanger Maurice Gerald. But the story of the rivalry takes a very different turn when Louise's brother, Henry Poindexter, is killed. Now it is necessary not only to find Henry's killer, but also to solve the mystery of the Headless Horseman. The love-detective plot of the novel keeps the reader in suspense from the first to the last page. Based on the ancient legends of Texas.