William H. Billy the Kid Bonney Jr. loves to take risks. But Billys luck runs out when, during a train heist, a passenger recognizes the nineteen-year-old outlaw. Fed up with his bad ways, Sheriff Willis Monroe, Billys own cousin, decides to track him down. The Kids two-timing partners are hunting him, too--and a posse wants Billy (and the sheriff) dead. This gripping fictional tale imagines William Bonneys fate had his life of crime taken a very different turn. Fans of adventure will be riveted by Theodore Taylors fresh take on a legendary character. Includes an authors note about the real Billy the Kid.