Todd and Amanda Brannon are about to have the adventure of a child's life. They are going to visit their Aunt and Uncle, who happen to own a ranch in Cheyenne, Wyoming and want the siblings to experience a spring roundup.

But things are not going so smoothly, despite the constant thrills the visitors experience. For someone is rustling the cattle from the ranch, and Drew, their cousin, suspects it is Travis, a worker on the ranch and a known former rustler. So the guard of the cousins is definitely up as they head out to spring roundup.

There are plenty of hair-raising moments in the novel, even without the central mystery. They get to try flying a small airplane and actually get to see rattlesnakes to curdle even the toughest of hearts!

Now Todd had recently been involved with some troublesome kids back home and he's reminded of these boys rather frequently as he sees what a life of crime actually does to those involved, those who do the crime and those who are the victim of a crime.

This again shows Max Elliot Anderson's ability to spin a great story that will hold the attention of any young adult, as well as adult, and provide enough adventure to keep the reader going to the very last page.

Superb, M. Anderson!