"The son of the Texas governor has been kidnapped by a band of Apaches who want to ransom him for guns. Knowing there is little chance for an exchange, Ben Allison heads to Mexico to steal the boy back from his captors"--

With his dying breath, an ancient Apache warrior entrusts Glen Mackenna with the location of the lode called the Lost Canyon of Gold, but Mackenna tragically falls into the hands of the ruthless Francisco Lopez, called Pelon.

"George LeRoy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy, was an easy mark - the wiry, sixteen-year-old grandson of an upright Mormon Bishop. He was an innocent, gullible kid. Mike Cassidy was a grizzled old rustler - a bandit with schemes for daring adventures...There never were two more different men. But by the time old Mike had finished educating the wide-eyed-kid, Butch Cassidy had ridden with the Wild Bunch, the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, the Rustlers of Robbers...

The day Starbuck found his father murdered, he swore he would have revenge, and as he's never fired a gun in anger in his life he'd better learn fast. Instead Starbuck is faced with his own death as a relentless gunman is on his trail and closing in quickly. Statbuck could use a friend, and he only has one -- a blue mustang with the cunning and heart of a true fighter.