Rim of the Desert
eBook - ePub

Rim of the Desert

  1. 191 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Rim of the Desert

About this book

THE LAW OF LEAD IN THE WEST
The Broken Bit boys shot Sheriff Ben Borders after the nesters and law-abiders had re-elected him. Old Ben lay dying on the courthouse steps with Jim Keene looking down at him.
"You stayin'?" said Ben.
"I'll be staying," said Jim.
"Well, when you get to the other side of the hillā€”remember this, sonā€”the only thing you'll find there is just what you brought with you."
Jim Keene had ridden a thousand miles to get to Cloud Valley and away from trouble. He was a strong man and a fighting man, but he always took sides. He couldn't help fighting for the underdog. And when he got to Cloud Valley he found that he couldn't run away from himself.
With the sheriff dead, there was no law. So Jim Keene dealt himself in on the fightā€”on the side of the weakā€”and shot his way to justiceā€¦

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Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. THE LAW OF LEAD IN THE WEST
  4. I-OLD SIGNALS RISE AGAIN
  5. II-AURORA BRANT
  6. III-ON LOST MAN RIDGE
  7. IV-DESERT AUTOCRAT
  8. V-FIRST BLOOD
  9. VI-THE DESIRES OF WOMEN
  10. VII-ā€œAND NOW IT BEGINSā€
  11. VIII-THE LIGHT DIES
  12. IX-ā€œYOU ARE NOT COLDā€
  13. X-DULL AND DARK GIANT
  14. XI-IN THE CANYON
  15. XII-THE QUARREL
  16. XII-HEART OF NIGHT
  17. XIV-THINGS SAID AND UNSAID
  18. XV-MAN HUNT
  19. XVI-AT ROPEā€™S END
  20. XVII-JENNIE
  21. XVIII-ā€œTHIS WAY IT MUST BEā€
  22. REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER