Paladin allows a killer to visit his wife and newborn son before returning to jail.
A payroll robbery vexes Favor as he deals with disruption caused by an orphaned girl riding with the drovers.
Kitty Thorpe wants Hardie to protect her from her escaped convict husband.
Hardie seeks an outlaw known only as "The Little Man."
Before Mike Nelson can investigate the disappearance of two geologists, the sea washes one of them upon the beach. His body bears marks made by the suction valves of a giant octopus. Mike knows an octopus rarely attacks.
