Clint Adams met the stranger in the Nevada desert...in a burned-out coach near three dead men. Jack Wagner's on his way to Sacramento to claim a million-dollar inheritance—but someone doesn't want him to get there alive. Only the Gunsmith can lead Wagner safely to California where the deceased's sultry widow— and his headstrong daughter—hanker after their share of the fortune. But first Adams has to ride shotgun through a shooting gallery of hired gunmen—and face the cold-hearted killer who's dealing out this game of chance….