Gunsmoke Westerns S.
4 total works
It was more than Shawn Starbuck had reckoned for. Unceasingly, he had searched for his brother ... a legacy at stake for them both ... asking endless questions on numberless trails, in sun-baked towns, at desolate huts and sprawling ranches ... and now it seemed, at long last, his searching would end. Only it wasn't that simple. Suddenly, there were three desperate men on the scene, each staunchly determined to see Starbuck dead. If they couldn't do the job, the richest man in the territory would hire gunslingers who could. Starbuck had a choice. He could turn tail, clear out, and save his hide. But he wasn't the kind of man who dodged trouble ... no matter what the odds.
Aaron Ledbetter, fastest gun in the West, was trapped by US Marshal Sam Back, who had a reputation to maintain and a kidnapping to solve. So they made a deal - Ledbetter's life in exchange for Melanie Feak and her $5,000 ransom. Ledbetter had twenty-four hours to find the kidnapping gang and the missing girl. Twenty-four hours to play the deadly doublecross that would win the Widowmaker his freedom - or cost him his funeral.
Shawn Starbuck had covered thousands of rugged miles through the wild Southwest, in search of his lost brother Ben. Now at last, he had a real clue. The end seemed almost in sight...Then Starbuck met up with Jim Kelso, a man who desperately needed his help. Kelso's ranch, Three Cross, was besieged by ruthless marauders who would stop at nothing until the ranch was theirs. What were they after? What was the priceless secret of Three Cross? Starbuck swore to find out, though it might mean losing the trail to Ben - and his own neck - in a blood-drenched battle for land and gold.