The assassination of an Arizona rancher, embroils Charlie Draper in the U.S. southern border wars. The question is why would anybody would want to kill a worn out rancher on his starve-to-death ranch? The rancher's daughter wants to know and hires Draper to find out. When his client is beaten near death and a hired killer guns down his friend, it becomes personal. Draper and his helicopter-flying Apache friend travel into Mexico to find local help and discover surprising support for the cartel's activities from an unexpected source. Draper's first move is to eliminate the assassin. Followed by his Apache friend Draper travels deep into the heart of Mexico in search of the cartel leaders responsible. It doesn't take long for the guilty to pay up in millions of ill-gotten dollars and their lives. A fast-paced novel of corruption, murder and extortion. The second of three fast-paced novels with action, adventure and intrigue involving Charlie Draper.