"Professor Henry Whiteoak is a liar and a swindler recently chased out of Kansas after a daring bank robbery. Heading to Montana where his reputation isn't quite so widespread, Whiteoak finds himself in the sights of bounty hunters. Corey Maynard, another thief, has worked with Whiteoak and decides to back him in a series of business ventures. they embark on a string of adventures that take them from crooked card games to deadly shootouts with a reclusive chemist who's stumbled upon a formula that rivals those of the professor himself."-- page 4 of cover