Summer Snow: A Merlin Fanshaw Western

U.S. Deputy Marshal Merlin Fanshaw is out of town on the day George Starkweather and his outlaw band hold up the Cattleman€s Bank of Dry Creek. Upon his return, Fanshaw€s boss, U.S, Marshal Chance Ridgeway, suggests the deputy volunteer to infiltrate the gang as an undercover agent. Fanshaw hesitates only a moment before agreeing. He and Starkweather have a dark history, and he€s eager to bring his old nemesis to justice.

The winter of 1886€“87 brings Fanshaw face-to-face with Starkweather, as he becomes a member of the outlaw band. As the bitter winter deepens, so does the danger, and Fanshaw finds himself in more trouble than he ever imagined. Just when he thinks he€s played his cards right, Fanshaw lands in jail€"charged with murder, while Starkweather roams free. Will a surprising revelation bring retribution to the outlaw leader, or will Deputy Fanshaw be left alone to face a hangman€s noose?