Legendary crime writer Mickey Spillane's celebrated tin-star hero
Caleb York returns in the explosive Western saga by New York Times
bestselling author Max Allan Collins. This time, Sheriff York will have
to keep his wits about him as he goes toe-to-toe with a powerful cattle
baroness who is manipulative, clever, and out for revenge...
Inspired by the timeless Westerns of John Wayne and the hardboiled
heroes of classic crime fiction, bestselling legends Mickey Spillane and
Max Allan Collins turn up the heat on their tin-star tough guy Caleb
York--in a gun-blazing showdown with two women ranchers calling the
shots...
It starts with an abusive, drunken young scoundrel who resists arrest,
holds a barmaid hostage, and gets what he deserves from the blazing .44
of Sheriff Caleb York. The New Mexico lawman doesn't regret taking such
deadly action, but the late youth's powerful mother, cattle baroness
Victoria Drummond, seems bound to feel differently. To York's surprise,
Victoria takes the news with stoic resignation--all she asks of him is a
favor: help her convince Willa Cullen--the love of Caleb's life--to sell
her the spread that Willa's late father had carved out of the
wilderness.
Willa, every bit as strong-willed as her rival, refuses to give up her
land without a fight. Sheriff York anticipates an ugly showdown brewing
with himself in the dangerous middle. And before he can stop it from
escalating, the seductive cattle queen sends an army of hired guns to
Sugar Creek, the sole source of water available for Willa's herd. York
finds himself caught in the crossfire of a savage shoot-out between
Willa's cowboys and Victoria's gunfighters. No matter who wins, it's
going to be a bloodbath...
In a climax in the tradition of Spillane's classic I, the Jury, York
must face a beautiful deadly female who promises heaven but intends
hell, while the devils in her employ plan to remove Caleb York from
God's good earth.
