Bounty-hunting CJ Floyd is hired to find the daughter of a federal judge after she becomes involved with a radical ecology group that has plans to destroy Colorado's ranching industry, but when he finds her dead, he's faced with the more dangerous mission of tracking down her killing.

The African-American bounty hunter, CJ Floyd of Denver, investigates the slaying of a black rodeo rider. One suspect is a jealous white rider, another a woman, a third a speculator who wanted the rodeo rider's land, said to contain diamonds.

"C.J. Floyd, the streetwise, Denver-based bail bondsman and Vietnam vet, gets embroiled in an investigation that reaches back to the building of the transcontinental railroad, leads him to a famous photograph, and has him tangled with eccentric power brokers and collectors who are after a slice of priceless American history"--Provided by publisher.

Shandell "Blackbird" Bird has everything going for him, or so he thinks. Recently selected number two overall in the NBA draft, the 6'8" superstar has a gleaming new ride and a salary and athletic shoe contract that make him an instant millionaire. What he doesn't have is the ability to bury secrets from his past. When Shandell is found shot to death at mid-court, his best friend and college teammate Damion Madrid sets out to find the killer. Damion...