Part of Series
The bestselling masters of the American West paint Buffalo Peak red with blood and bullets?when Elwood ?Firestick? McQueen and his old friends are marked for murder . . . Deputy Elwood ?Moosejaw? Hendricks is one of the fastest draws in the territory?and it?s the best kept secret in the West. But when Moosejaw guns down three notorious outlaws in an attempted bank robbery, word gets around. And news travels fast. So fast that every tinhorn west of the Mississippi heads for Buffalo Peak to prove they?re the fastest gun. These half-cocked? lunatics want to challenge Moosejaw to a showdown. The bodies of would-be gunslingers start to pile up. Moosejaw?s friends, Elwood ?Firestick? McQueen and ?Beartooth? Skinner, think he should hightail it out of town and lay low. That idea is blown away though when a case of scarlet fever puts the whole town under quarantine. No one can leave. And any gunslinger with a death wish can ride in. Which means Firestick and his pals are sitting ducks. Well-armed, fully-loaded ducks. And they?ll have to shoot back . . .
Author
William Wallace Johnstone was a prolific American author, mostly of western, horror and survivalist novels. Born and raised in southern Missouri, Johnstone was the youngest of four children. His father was a minister and his mother a school teacher. He quit school when he was fifteen and worked in a carnival and as a deputy sheriff. He later served in the Army and, upon returning to civilian life, worked in radio broadcasting for 16 years. Johnstone started his writing career in 1970, but did not have any works published until 1979 (The Devil's Kiss) and became a full-time writer in 1980. He wrote close to two hundred books in numerous genres, including suspense and horror. His main publication series were Mountain Man, The First Mountain Man, Ashes and Eagles and his own personal favorite novel was The Last of the Dog Team (1980). He also authored two novels under the pseudonym William Mason. Johnstone had lived for many years in Shreveport, Louisiana, yet died in Knoxville, TN, at the age of 65. J. A. Johnstone is continuing William W. Johnstone's series.
