A fourteen-year-old from Tennessee, referred to simply as the child, roams the Texas-Mexico border in the mid-19th century. When he encounters the notorious Glanton gang, he witnesses incredible atrocities that lead him into a painful descent to the farthest reaches of human horror. The areas where the natives lived turn into hell, and at the forefront of this ruthless hunt for Indians is the diabolical judge: imposing, erudite, and highly philosophical, yet embodying the most violent instincts of man. The epic of American literature in a new translation!