Hes an outlaw on the run. Harry Gloster is an accused murderer who, though innocent, is forced to hide. Harry is a heartbeat ahead of the posse. But neither twisted justice nor a gallows rope can stretch across the Rio Grande. Hell-bent for Mexico, Gloster meets up with Joan Daniels and shes a dream come true. Now hes got a choice. Kiss the sweetest thing hes ever seen goodbye... or stay and risk a lynching. One of many recommended westerns by this prolific author. Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary westerns under the pen name Max Brand.