A mysterious stranger struggles to maintain his prior a mystery and himself out of harm’s means during this exciting Western tale!

Bob Bannister is a secret from the instant he arrives in Prairie urban. A gambler with a knack for successful on the stud poker desk, he fast aligns himself with a tender guy named Howard Marble after saving his lifestyles and is helping to repay Howard’s playing accounts. Marble is attached to the various town’s huge pictures, and Bannister fast reveals himself in the midst of everyone’s business.

The challenge is, Bannister resembles the outline on a present dodger for The Maverick, a bandit sought after for homicide and theft. He attracts suspicion from the locals, and whereas the sheriff is reluctant to suspect Bannister, the fact is that his historical past is still a secret, and Bannister’s imprecise solutions and skills with a pistol aren’t aiding matters.

Caught up in an argument over an irrigation venture that threatens to siphon off the entire water many neighborhood ranchers desire for his or her farm animals herds, Bannister is working out of neighbors to show to. The threats proceed to construct, and without doubt a brink is imminent . . .

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