Gunslinger's Last Stand

Prologue

The frontier town of Redemption Gulch reeks of whiskey, gunpowder, and desperation. Built at the intersection of three territories—federal land, Native American reservation, and wild frontier—it has always been a place where the law comes last and bullets come first. But now, the town trembles on the edge of collapse. Three days ago, Black Bart Cassidy's gang fled into Redemption Gulch with a fortune in Confederate gold—$200,000 in bullion meant for San Francisco, now hidden somewhere in the ramshackle streets. Bart himself is dying from a bullet wound, and his gang is fracturing: some want to run, others want to hold the town as a fortress, and a few have already sold him out to the U.S. Marshal Service for a slice of the reward. Federal marshals close in from the east. A ruthless rival gang rides in from the south. And the Ute Nation, whose sacred lands are being violated, has begun burning the town's edges—a warning that turns to ash. Catherine Ashford, a woman caught between her past and her conscience, knows where the gold lies buried. The marshals want it recovered. The gangs want it claimed. The Ute want it returned to the earth. And you—an outsider with blood, coin, or honor at stake—have just ridden into the middle of a war that will reshape the territory or bury it entirely. The streets of Redemption Gulch are quiet now. But that quiet won't last long.