Marcus Allen, a wet behind the ears newspaper reporter is sent to a town in Arizona to interview an old cowboy. His uncle and editor-in-chief of an up and coming Phoenix, Arizona newspaper has offered his nephew a possible desk job if he can get a good story in a weeks time. Marcus is put to the test to see if he is worthy of Johnny's life story. The tests prove beneficial for Marcus as it also gives him a window into the old geezers life.
June 1st, 1905 and a tough to the core cowboy, former Hash knife cowboy, Johnny Hoffman takes on a job as a cook and burro packer traveling deep into the Sonoran Desert for gold. Four disastrous mistakes were made on this treacherous journey. None of them were taken seriously enough because of the lust for riches. Even taking on the cannibalistic Seri Indians who lived on Tiburon Island in the Sea of Cortez. They would have to fight past the Seri to get to the Island.
Would the men themselves prove to be their biggest enemy? Would Marcus gain Johnny's respect to be the sole author of this incredible based on fact fictitious book? The answers lie within its pages.
