From the back of the book: Dead Men Walking! Death rules this land. From the sun-scorched earth to the empty noose swinging in the hangman's tree to the bloodstained buzzards circling overhead... the Wild Southwest thirsts for souls. Make sure it don't get yours, partner. Stone and a Hard Place details the strange locales and odd characters of the American Southwest, provides new Edges and abilities to gussy up your Harrowed or hexslinger, new Setting Rules to emulate Death's grip on the lang, Savage Tales galore, a passel o' terrifying abominations and an epic Plot Point Campaign that pits a posse against Death's red right hand—the one and only Stone!