"They call themselves the Golden Council. A band of outlaws operating around Leadville, Colorado, they offer to "protect" businesses for a price. And if their offer isn't accepted they don yellow hoods and pay violent visits to those who dare defy them. Cattle rancher Brad Storm survived a rattlesnake bit and exacted vengeance on the rustlers who attacked his home. Now he's known as Sidewinder. In the employ of a detective agency, Brad represents law and order--but to the men of the Golden Council, he's as lethal and unforgiving as his namesake"--Back cover.