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Betrayed by the crooked locals of Soapy Wells, Deputy Marshal Long must escape through with a fugitive who thinks the only good deputy marshal is a dead one. Two heads are better than one, especially when both have a price on them. At least that's how they figure it down in the dusty border town of Soapy Wells. Deputy Marshal Long has come to collect a prisoner only to discover the crooked locals have decided they can get a better deal for both men south of the border. With both the Mexican Army and the ruthless Rurales in hot pursuit, Longarm has only one route of escape: a forbidding stretch of desert called the devil's highway. And he has only one ally - a desparate fugitive who may cut his throat once his back is turned!
Author
Tabor Evans is the author of the long-running Longarm western series, featuring the adventures of Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long. Tabor Evans, is a house pseudonym used by a number of authors. The pseudonym of Tabor Evans would begin in the 1970s when Lou Cameron established it for the Jove Books publishing label. Lou Cameron helped create the character and wrote a number of the early books in the series. The first book was published in 1978. Other authors known to have written books in the series include Melvin Marshall, Will C. Knott, Frank Roderus, Chet Cunningham, J. Lee Butts, Gary McCarthy, James Reasoner, Jeffrey M. Wallmann, Peter Brandvold and Harry Whittington. In addition there are 29 "Giant" editions published as well. The Longarm series is a mainstay of the "adult western" genre which arose in the 1970s. These books are distinguished from classical westerns by the inclusion of more explicit sex and violence.
