A Zach McKenna Western Series

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 . . .

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE YOU STAKE A CLAIM AND FIGHT TO KEEP IT.

In a wild and woolly town built around goldmines, a former army scout seeks his fortune only to run afoul of dangerous men desperate to steal it in this new series from legendary Western authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone.

In 1862, gold was discovered in a remote area of the Montana mountains. Prospectors far and wide invaded the territory, tearing up the earth in search of the precious metal. Following their trail were the saloonkeepers, hoteliers, blacksmiths, and other businessmen looking to sell wares and services to the miners. Soon, tents became wooden buildings and the town of Bannack was established near Grasshopper Creek. Eventually boasting a population of ten thousand, it was a place where a man was free to strike it rich or die trying.

After too many years serving the U.S. Army, former scout Zach McKenna found his own vein of gold outside Bannack and built himself a home there. But not everyone in town is willing to earn a wage or dig up gold rocks—not when they can simply take it from the barrel of a gun. And when these theiving outlaws target McKenna’s claim, they encounter a merciless man willing to shed blood in the most violent ways imaginable . . .