A knife in time

An uneasy silence settles over the rugged Colorado hills as a new driver, Tom Morgan, steps into the bustling world of the Q B freighting outfit. Though undersized and unassuming, Morgan’s skill with a six‑mule hitch earns him a place on the team, but the knife he habitually carries sparks distrust among the hardened crew. By the time the Red Cliff ore contract looms, whispers‑turned‑taunts threaten to turn routine labor into a tinderbox of resentment, and the wagon boss wrestles with keeping peace while pressures mount from the company owner.

The tension escalates as Morgan’s fellow skinners question his motives, and the men’s jeering begins to infiltrate even the mess hall. With a high‑stakes freight‑wagon race on the horizon, the outfit faces a crossroads: will the discord be contained, or will it unravel the very backbone of the operation? Listeners are drawn into a gritty, atmospheric portrait of frontier life where a simple blade becomes the fulcrum of survival and honor.