Summary
A gaunt revenant in spurred boots, Sierra Bill—whose name carries the grit of granite—descends from the high country like a moral contagion, dragging with him the scent of pine resin, gun-oil, and self-made prophecy. Across a frontier that feels carved from bone and echo, he espies Nelly Gray: a traveling violinist whose bow releases not notes but winged lamentations that hover above boom-town saloons like hummingbirds of regret. The outlaw’s courtship is a hostage-taking disguised as destiny; he weds her in a candle-lit adobe where dust motes swirl like galaxies and the priest’s hand trembles harder than the bride’s. A child arrives—half dusk, half dawn—yet domesticity calcifies when Ringo appears: riverboat dandy, fork-tongued cardsharp, serpent of velvet and mercury. One crooked shuffle and Sierra’s world collapses: wife, bankroll, mythic reputation, all swept into Ringo’s green-felt maelstrom. Jailed for pistol-whipping a deputy, Sierra escapes through a thunderstorm that resembles God’s own coughing fit, stalking the gambler across alkali flats and rust-stained canyons until the final confrontation sparks beneath a gibbous moon that looks on like a bored deity.
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Tough outlaw 'Sierra' Bill falls in love with traveling violinist Nelly Gray and forces her to marry him. They have a child, but their cozy family life is interrupted by gambler Ringo, who not only persuades Nelly to leave her husband but also ruins Sierra at the gaming table. With thoughts of vengeance, the angry Sierra breaks out of jail and goes after Ringo.
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