John Ryker. Gunsmith. Bounty hunter and killer. No one knew more about the lethal code of killing that the the key to survival in the violent West.
When Ryker heard about the shooting contest down in Simeonville, it looked an easy way to earn big money. They way he knew best.
Which meant that his heavy Sharps buffalo rifle ? the most powerful long gun in the West ? was going to see a choice piece of action that would stretch his death-dealing gunskills to the furthest limits ... and beyond ...

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