Major Bob Gillette was the old school western rancher and the owner of the Circle G ranch from Menard County in Texas. His son Tom was a softer type and he was sent east to get education, but he always felt he will come home. When his father gets betrayed and killed by one of his man Tom takes control of the Circle G and swears he will get vengeance against his father's killer.

Ernest Haycox is among the most successful writers of American western fiction. He is credited for raising western fiction up from the pulp fiction into the mainstream. His works influenced other writers of western fiction to the point of no return. Fans of his work included Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, and the latter once wrote, "I read The Saturday Evening Post whenever it has a serial by Ernest Haycox."