It all began badly, and would end even worse. For someone.Adam Steele is shot at, robbed and beaten and only by chance escapes being murdered. It is the Riker gang at work. Days later, and still enraged over the incident, Steele encounters a young couple struggling along the road to Cooper City. The girl has been brutally raped and the young man severely beaten - more of the Riker gang's handy work.After helping the couple reach medical aid in Cooper City, Steele learns that the parents of the youngsters are both quite wealthy and that a considerable reward will be announced. But none of the local citizenry is interested. Seems that a silver lode has been discovered nearby...and no one has time for law, or vengeance. Except Steele.Before long, the paths of the murderous Riker gang, the angry parents, the silver miners, and Steele collide in a gruesome finale as the wheels of justice grind to a surprising halt. No amount of silver would have stopped it.