Menacing dangers spur 17-year-old Pennington Malone to grow up quickly. With his father in Leavenworth Prison, Penn travels to Dodge City packing his dad's loaded sixgun. He soon meets Jonah Littlejohn, a lanky man gifted with incredible strength and boxing prowess--and haunted by painful secrets. But when Penn learns that three shadowy riders are trailing him--and framing him for murders they commited--he needs all the help he can get.