Book One in the Ira Dale Series.Ira Dale doesn't visit the town of Silver Spine often. He lives with the Kootenai people on the other side of the mountain where his only wish is to woo his woman and live in peace. But when he sees a man dry-gulched in the forest, he knows it's his duty to speak out. The problem is, the killer has already told his story, and a man like Ira Dale is an easy mark to pin it on.Plenty of rumors already circulate about him...