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Available on Apr 27, 2027 | 320 Pages
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE THERE’S SMOKE, THERE’S GUNFIRE.
A crazed pyromaniac is setting fires all over Dead Broke—igniting a desperate hunt to catch the fiend before the whole town burns to the ground . . .
For a struggling mining town like Dead Broke, a dry spell can spell disaster. It’s bad enough that the mines are drying up, but a season-long drought has turned the water muddy. Now the miners and gamblers are starting to leave town. Rival companies of loggers are starting to move in. And the local marshal, Duncan “Mick” MacMicking, has been challenged to a fight by a giant mountain man named “Bull Moose.” But that’s all just a warm-up for the real fireworks . . .
Dead Broke’s got itself a firebug.
The first couple of fires seem natural. A small blaze in an abandoned building. A brush fire in the woods. But when the town’s new bank goes up in flames, Duncan smells a rat behind all the smoke. This is clearly the work of an arsonist—and he’s just getting started. Soon a whole series of raging conflagrations are burning everything to a cinder, from the local schoolhouse to the nearby Ute camp. Duncan’s no fireman but he is a lawman. And as God is his witness, he’s going to send this infernal maniac back to the Hell he crawled out of—or go out in a blaze of glory . . .
Live Free. Read Hard.
A crazed pyromaniac is setting fires all over Dead Broke—igniting a desperate hunt to catch the fiend before the whole town burns to the ground . . .
For a struggling mining town like Dead Broke, a dry spell can spell disaster. It’s bad enough that the mines are drying up, but a season-long drought has turned the water muddy. Now the miners and gamblers are starting to leave town. Rival companies of loggers are starting to move in. And the local marshal, Duncan “Mick” MacMicking, has been challenged to a fight by a giant mountain man named “Bull Moose.” But that’s all just a warm-up for the real fireworks . . .
Dead Broke’s got itself a firebug.
The first couple of fires seem natural. A small blaze in an abandoned building. A brush fire in the woods. But when the town’s new bank goes up in flames, Duncan smells a rat behind all the smoke. This is clearly the work of an arsonist—and he’s just getting started. Soon a whole series of raging conflagrations are burning everything to a cinder, from the local schoolhouse to the nearby Ute camp. Duncan’s no fireman but he is a lawman. And as God is his witness, he’s going to send this infernal maniac back to the Hell he crawled out of—or go out in a blaze of glory . . .
Live Free. Read Hard.
Author
William W. Johnstone
William W. Johnstone is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of over 300 books, including Preacher, The Last Mountain Man, Luke Jensen Bounty Hunter, Flintlock, Savage Texas, Matt Jensen, The Last Mountain Man; The Family Jensen, Sidewinders, and Shawn O’Brien Town Tamer . His thrillers include Phoenix Rising, Home Invasion, The Blood of Patriots, The Bleeding Edge, and Suicide Mission. Visit his website at www.williamjohnstone.net or by email at dogcia2006@aol.com.
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J.A. Johnstone
Being the all-around assistant, typist, researcher, and fact checker to one of the most popular western authors of all time, J.A. Johnstone learned from the master, Uncle William W. Johnstone. He began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts or researching his massive American Western history library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts. J.A. worked hard—and learned. “Every day with Bill was an adventure story in itself. Bill taught me all he could about the art of storytelling. ‘Keep the historical facts accurate,’ he would say. ‘Remember the readers, and as your grandfather once told me, I am telling you now: be the best J.A. Johnstone you can be.'”
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