Sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-Winning 'Lonesome Dove'.
Hired to track and kill elusive bandit Joey Garza, ageing bounty hunter Captain Call must match his skills not only against Garza's daring, but also against one of the last untamed regions of the American West.
Call's long trail through the Texas Panhandle, across the trans-Pecos and into northern Mexico, accompanied by an Eastern dude, an incompetent deputy, and Call's old corporal Pea Eye Parker, is more than a struggle between age and youth, justice and crime - it is the lifelong battle between civilisation and barbarism.
Yet finally, it is two women, Garza's gallant mother Maria, and Lorena, Pea Eye's devoted wife, who offer a flicker of hope amidst the terrible conflict that is unfolding...
