As barbed wire and railroad tracks crisscross the once-open range. Hank Flood has one final herd to deliver, and he wants his old friend Clint Adams to come along for the ride. With a thousand head of cattle to drive and only ten men to do the work. Hank wants to make sure the job is done right.
But when one of Hank's drivers is killed, Clint discovers that a rival cattleman and his gang plan to stop the trail drive—even if it brings them into the Gunsmith's line of fire...
J.R. Roberts (Robert J. Randisi) is an American author who writes in the Detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers."
He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award.