Things looked bad for the KH. They were the only outfit in the Azul Rio basin that hadn’t joined Lanton’s cattle syndicate, and the ruthless boss of the S Star was bent on making things difficult for the rival spread. And Lanton wasn’t particular about how he achieved his ends.
The S Star hired killers were having things all their own way until three Texans rode into town. Their leader’s name was Dusty Fog …
J. T. Edson was a former British Army dog-handler who wrote more than 130 Western novels, accounting for some 27 million sales in paperback. Edson’s works – produced on a word processor in an Edwardian semi at Melton Mowbray – contain clear, crisp action in the traditions of B-movies and Western television series. What they lack in psychological depth is made up for by at least twelve good fights per volume. Each portrays a vivid, idealized “West That Never Was”, at a pace that rarely slackens.