After saving the town of Stonetree from abduction by the sinister rail baron Robur Drache, servant of the Faceless, gunslinger Tyler and Indian shaman Fivehawk have tracked the villain to the Burnt Hills mine. Both are searching for family members kidnapped by Drache's minions, and Tyler knows that his paternal Uncle Bill is being held in the prison camp set up around the mine. Fivehawk searches for allies in a legendary tribe of Indian warriors and Tyler bluffs his way into the heart of the enemy camp. But the chief of the tribe refuses to help Fivehawk and Tyler, so Tyler sets out alone to rescue his uncle.
James Swallow has written several books, including Star Trek: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers and Seeds of Dissent (from Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Infinity's Prism); the Sundowners quartet of 'steampunk' science fiction Westerns (Ghost Town, Underworld, Iron Dragon and Showdown); the best-selling novelization of The Butterfly Effect; The Flight of the Eisenstein, Faith and Fire and Jade Dragon; the 2000AD tie-ins Eclipse, Blood Relative and Whiteout; Stargate Atlantis: Halcyon; and the Blood Angels duology Deus Encarmine and Deus Sanguinius.
In addition, Swallow's short fiction has appeared in Inferno! and Stargate magazine, the anthologies Star Trek Voyager: Distant Shores, the Doctor Who Short Trips collections Dalek Empire and Destination Prague, Something Changed, Collected Works, What Price Victory and Silent Night.
His non-fiction includes Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher and books on writing, genre television and animation; he has also written for Star Trek: Voyager, Doctor Who and Space 1889, along with several scripts for audio and videogames.
