Revised new edition of the original German edition from 1990. The story begins with a phone call at four in the morning in Durango, a desolate town in California, cut off from the world – a town that God forgot. In this isolation, it primarily serves as a hideout for people seeking protection from pursuers, like Jack Adair, once the Chief Justice, who ended up in prison for a tax offense and is convinced that someone wants him dead. For a million and more, town leader B. D. Huckins and police chief Sid Fork offer Durango as a haven of safety and refuge. And Adair proposes an unusual and quite profitable side business to them. Shortly thereafter, the killings begin.