Cirrus@Austlit

'The note, found in a remote spot, summed it up:

'“Señor Benedict is now my prisoner and will be held for ransom. You will ride to Panhandle, New Mexico, and wire the Americano’s rich father in Boston. He is to wire back the sum of fifty thousand dollars care of Señor Montoya. If you fail to do this or if the rich man does not pay, Benedict will be shot. If you do as I say he will be freed unharmed.”

'Paulo Parada, a psychopathic bandit-turned-revolutionary, sent the note. From everything Hank Brazos learned, Parada was a sadist who killed men for pleasure … so Brazos had to act fast to prevent Duke Benedict, his partner, from ending up another notch on the outlaw's gun.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Galloway’s two lawmen arrested Hank Brazos on a charge of rustling. Brazos went quietly, sure that his saddle pard, Duke Benedict, would soon arrive and clear everything up. But the law had other ideas. No ifs, no buts … Brazos would remain behind bars until the circuit judge found him guilty — and sentenced him to hang! Benedict decided to ride solo and arrest the real culprits himself — but to succeed he had to rely on Brazos’ irascible hound, Bullpup!'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Bold Venture ed.).

'Trouble was brewing between the Shotgun Ranch and its rivals, the Golden Hoof — and though they wanted no part of a range war, Benedict and Brazos eventually had to choose sides.

'There was just one problem.

'As the bodies piled up, and the gunsmoke grew ever thicker, Benedict started to wonder if they’d thrown in with the right side. Brazos had no such doubts … but by then, he’d fallen head-over-heels for the Golden Hoof owner’s beautiful daughter Tracy. And Tracy could do no wrong in his eyes …

'It was then that the unthinkable happened, and Benedict and Brazos found themselves on opposing sides. In the final showdown, they’d have to go against each other, toe to toe, gun to gun …'

Source: Publisher's blurb.