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Available on Apr 27, 2027 | 320 Pages
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE JUSTICE NEVER FLINCHES IN A SHOWDOWN.
In this action-packed adventure from bestselling Western legends William W. and J.A. Johnstone, a former scout strikes gold and trades lead with a corrupt sheriff’s band of outlaws.
The once prosperous town of Bannack in Montana’s mountain region has fallen on hard times. Too many miners staked claims and whatever gold is left is getting harder to find. Fewer customers have money to spend in the town’s businesses. Zach McKenna and Wink Clark do their best mining their vein beside Grasshopper Creek only to find they’re trying to get the proverbial blood from a stone.
Then the partners receive word of a major gold strike in Alder Gulch, a little stream off of Ruby River sixty miles northeast of Bannack. Prospectors and entrepreneurs alike have flocked to the area, building new lives for themselves in thriving boomtowns like Virginia City and Nevada City. It’s an opportunity McKenna and Clark can’t afford to miss.
But Sheriff Henry Plummer wants his share too. He and his outlaw gang, the “Innocents,” have taken Bannack for all its worth, leaving many dead miners in their wake. Now, he plans to relieve Alder Gulch’s miners of their riches too—unaware of McKenna’s past as a U.S. Army Scout and his reputation as one of the deadliest men in the West . . .
In this action-packed adventure from bestselling Western legends William W. and J.A. Johnstone, a former scout strikes gold and trades lead with a corrupt sheriff’s band of outlaws.
The once prosperous town of Bannack in Montana’s mountain region has fallen on hard times. Too many miners staked claims and whatever gold is left is getting harder to find. Fewer customers have money to spend in the town’s businesses. Zach McKenna and Wink Clark do their best mining their vein beside Grasshopper Creek only to find they’re trying to get the proverbial blood from a stone.
Then the partners receive word of a major gold strike in Alder Gulch, a little stream off of Ruby River sixty miles northeast of Bannack. Prospectors and entrepreneurs alike have flocked to the area, building new lives for themselves in thriving boomtowns like Virginia City and Nevada City. It’s an opportunity McKenna and Clark can’t afford to miss.
But Sheriff Henry Plummer wants his share too. He and his outlaw gang, the “Innocents,” have taken Bannack for all its worth, leaving many dead miners in their wake. Now, he plans to relieve Alder Gulch’s miners of their riches too—unaware of McKenna’s past as a U.S. Army Scout and his reputation as one of the deadliest men in the West . . .
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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