Riders of the High Mesa — Ernest Haycox

Chatto was an outlaw but he had never killed a man without warning. Now he gave an ultimatum to Lin Ballou. Chatto was playing a high-stake game but Ballou had something more important and risky going for him - something that could save the ranchers from ruin.

The trouble had been building up all through the dry, hot summer.

Up on the mesa ground was an outlaw gang, waiting to take the range by violence.

Along to lowlands of the Snake was a range king and his crew, moving in by treachery and terror.

Standing alone, and in the middle, was a man who wasn't for sale, and whose future seemed six feet under.