When it came to killing, nobody dealt out death like John Ryker. Onetime gunsmith, now turned deadly bounty hunter, his message was lethal ? and he knew it. When Wes Gantry beat up Ryker's woman, he made a big mistake. Ryker wanted blood and he'd stop at nothing to gun Gantry into the ground. And besides, his Colt forty-five Peacemaker ? the bloodiest tool in the West ? needed to see some action...

CHARLES C. GARRETT is the pseudonym for the writing team of Laurence James and Angus Wells