William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone are back as Smoke Jensen’s biggest fan discovers the real-world dangers of hero worship in the Wild West . . .
New Yorker Randolph Bartlett has come to Big Rock, Colorado, to meet the real Smoke Jensen, the legendary gunslinger mythologized in the dime novels Randolph has thrilled to since he was a kid. Impressed by his gumption, Smoke invites Randolph to the Sugarloaf for an education in hard-working life in the true West. But the lessons turn downright dangerous when Randolph disappears, last seen barely alive and tossed into a boxcar like any other tramp heading for California. Trouble found that greenhorn in Big Rock and Smoke is dead-set on finding out why by taking to the boxcars himself.
In disguise and infiltrating the dicey hobo jungles is bad enough. Catching up to Randolph in San Francisco’s lawless Barbary Coast is worse. Both men are catching fire every which way—from the ruffians who rule the rails to a gang of tong hatchet men to a flesh-and-blood enemy of Randolph’s on a deadly personal pursuit.
Randolph never asked to be an outlaw, let alone live a gun-blazing, action-packed adventure of his own. The hail of bullets, assassins, and treachery to come could make for a hell of a Smoke Jensen dime novel of his own. Should he live to write it . . .
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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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