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Publisher: Grand Ozarks Media
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A Gritty, Action-Packed Western Adventure Thriller
SHE KILLED A MAN TO SAVE HER LIFE. NOW FIVE ARMED RIDERS WANT HER DEAD. AND ONE U.S. MARSHAL STANDS BETWEEN HER AND THE HANGMAN.
In the lawless frontier country beyond Fort Smith, Arkansas, justice comes at the end of a rope-and sometimes the men holding that rope are more dangerous than the criminals they hunt.
When Nellie Farnham shoots a brutal freighter in a desperate fight for survival, she unleashes the fury of Josiah Gentry, a ruthless religious patriarch who demands blood for blood.
Gentry and his heavily armed followers have no intention of waiting for a trial. They drag Nellie into the street, throw a noose over an iron bracket, and prepare to deliver their own savage version of frontier justice.
But Deputy U.S. Marshal Eldridge Sample has other ideas.
The law says Nellie must stand trial. And Sample intends to bring her in alive.
Armed with a Winchester rifle, an ironclad sense of duty, and a stubborn refusal to back down, Sample stops the lynching. But when Nellie escapes into the wild Indian Territory on a stolen horse, the marshal finds himself pursuing a fugitive while a deadly band of vigilantes hunts them both.
Across the unforgiving Choctaw Nation, the chase becomes a brutal battle for survival.
Flood-swollen rivers threaten to swallow horses and riders. Deadly ambushes erupt from the timber. Thorn-choked wilderness tears flesh from bone. And Gentry's relentless gunmen will stop at nothing to claim the woman they believe owes them a debt of blood.
With every mile, the danger grows.
Nellie is desperate enough to do anything to stay alive. Gentry is determined to deliver his own merciless judgment. And Sample is trapped between a murderous posse, a terrified fugitive, and a federal warrant that leaves no room for compromise.
Because bringing a prisoner back alive doesn't mean bringing her back to freedom.
As the bullets fly and the bodies fall, one question hangs over the blood-soaked trail:
When the law and justice are no longer the same thing, which one is worth dying for?
DEAD MAN'S DANCE is a hard-hitting Western action thriller packed with deadly gunfights, ruthless vigilantes, frontier lawmen, dangerous outlaw territory, desperate fugitives, and relentless pursuit through the untamed American West.
Perfect for readers who love gritty Western fiction, classic Old West adventures, U.S. Marshal thrillers, frontier justice, cowboy action, historical Western suspense, wilderness survival, and fast-paced lawman-versus-outlaw stories.
If you enjoy tough-as-nails Western heroes, morally complicated frontier justice, explosive shootouts, and high-stakes manhunts where survival is never guaranteed, DEAD MAN'S DANCE delivers a relentless ride through a world where a badge carries the law-but a bullet often has the final word.
One woman running for her life. One patriarch demanding blood. One marshal who won't break his oath.
In the Old West, everybody dances with death. Not everybody walks away.
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