When the Civil War ended, Confederate Captain Clete Slater was looking forward to going home to his family and enjoying a peaceful life on his family's plantation in Texas. He was greeted by the Union Army and Carpetbaggers taking over everything. When he resisted and fought for his home, they framed him and declared him an outlaw, forcing him to hit the trail. Now he has a crooked federal marshal with an itchy trigger finger dogging his trail. Clete changed his name to Slate Creed and took up the trail of those who framed him. Now, in Missouri, he's headed straight into a deadly snare, a ruthless scheme plotted by none other than Jesse James...
