Brad Storm is hired to investigate the murder of a sheep rancher whose headless body was found in a valley in Colorado. The only clue is a note found with the body from a cattle baron called Snake. The note gives a warning to all sheepmen to leave the mountains or they and their families will die.
Baker & Taylor When his cousin is brutally murdered by a cattle baron known as Snake, a man, with no one else to turn to, hires Brad Storm, a.k.a. the Sidewinder, to hunt down a killer and stop a land war. Original.
Penguin Putnam The body of a sheep rancher is found headless, with a warning from a cattle baron known as "Snake": if the ranchers and their families don't leave the mountains, they will all die. The dead man's cousin demands justice, so he pays a visit to the Denver Detective Agency and acquires the services of Brad Storm, also known as "Sidewinder". So, armed with a new double-ought buck nicknamed "Snake Eyes", Brad heads to the mountains to hunt for a man just as deadly as he is...
Random House, Inc. The body of a sheep rancher is found headless, with a warning from a cattle baron known as "Snake": if the ranchers and their families don't leave the mountains, they will all die. The dead man's cousin demands justice, so he pays a visit to the Denver Detective Agency and acquires the services of Brad Storm, also known as "Sidewinder". So, armed with a new double-ought buck nicknamed "Snake Eyes", Brad heads to the mountains to hunt for a man just as deadly as he is...