He comes to the Belllounds ranch the Mysterious Rider no one knows from where; a man of middle age, gentle, kindly, but so terrible a gun fighter that they call him Hell Bent Wade. He plays the part of fate in all their lives, and only when the inevitable tragedy come and the Mysterious Rider makes the great sacrifice, do they know. Then out of the shadow of this tragedy, Columbine comes into the sun shine of love. This is a novel written with that literary charm and beauty of which Zane Grey is master; swift-moving, full of the glamour of romance and adventure, and with the breath of Western plains and mountains in its pages. Zane Grey is the author of The Heritage of the Desert and the great bestseller, Riders of the Purple Sage. His novels have consistently made the bestseller list and were often made into movies.
