AustLit

'When Blake Durant reached the town of Lincoln, he really should have just kept riding. But he didn’t get the chance.

'Within moments of his arrival, a gun-tough named Nico Semole injured his horse and then tried to pick a fight with an old man. Blake stopped him and beat him to pulp. But Nico just didn’t know when to quit. Later that day he came at Blake with a gun … and set off a chain of events that was to end in murder and bloody revenge.

'Nico’s brother Kent aimed to settle the account with Blake, and he had just enough gun-speed to do it. Furthermore, the local marshal was all burnt out, and Blake knew he couldn’t rely on the man to keep the peace. So it looked as if the man they called The Loner would have to take matters into his own hands … and when he did, there was gunsmoke in the air and dead men on the ground.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.