The Civil War may have ended, but division remains among its survivors. Some, like the Knights of the Rising Sun, want to halt progress in Texas by bullet, fire, and noose. The Secret Service sends Gideon Ryder to stop them. But as Ryder follows them from Corpus Christi to Jefferson, Texas, his mission proves more difficult than planned: the cowards only surface with sacks over their heads. To learn their identities, Ryder will have to get close enough to see under the hoods.
