Gunslinger 06: Rebel Vengenace

By Charles C Garrett

In the West that Ryker knew, life was cheap. Only from death could a man like Ryker make a living—gunsmith turned gunslinger, he was the best killer around, a craftsman in his cruel trade.
When Ryker arrived at the little border town of Braco, the people whispered ‘gunhawk’. Only Caleb Marsh knew his real job in the wild country of the Rio Grande. It was to protect Marsh’s stage line and—though no one knew it—the men and women of Braco from an enemy who reveled in murder and torture. A wild ex-Confederate colonel who wielded a death-dealing LeMat pistol, half revolver, half shotgun, and whose aim was to massacre every Yankee he could find. Ryker was the man to stop him—but it would take a score of killings and a river of blood ...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Piccadilly
• Release date: Nov 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215876091

Charles C Garrett

CHARLES C. GARRETT is the pseudonym for the writing team of Laurence James and Angus Wells

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