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A gunman’s bullet slammed into Bill Helgar’s chest the moment he first set foot in Reseda, a slug that had been intended to stop another man’s scheming heart. The original target was Dan Trusand, a slick and cunning gambler, and when Dan nursed the youthful Bill back to health he had something more on his mind than mere gratitude. He had a very special role in mind for Bill to play… .

There’s no letdown in the pace of this top-notch novel by the author of Tall in the Saddle and the famous Red Clark stories. As one newspaper reviewer enthusiastically put it: “Gordon Young weaves a masterful plot toward a smash climax that includes a double lynching, a framed race of quarter horses, a shooting, and a showdown clouded with gun-smoke in a tense saloon.”