Siege Town by the late British author John Glasby (ISFDB, Wikipedia, Science Fiction Encyclopedia), who was also a professional research scientist and chemist as well as very prolific writer, is his vintage western historical adventure pitting a gunslinger and the local citizenry against a band of outlaws, free courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press's Pioneering imprint, who are e-printing it from its 1964 edition originally published by John Spencer & Co.'s Badger Books imprint under the title End of the Trail, using the Tex Bradley pseudonym.
Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
Description
t starts, like all good stories do, when a stranger rides into town…
The Sheriff has called in notorious gunslinger, Rick Hartnell, to drive the outlaws from Hammer Bend.
Rick has a dark past but a steady hand and he gets the job done soon enough.
He leads a crew of forty men up into the mountains to ambush the infamous Lenniger Gang.
That should have been the end of it.
Lenniger is taken back to Hammer Bend to await his trial and Rick rides off out into the Badlands.
But Lenniger’s gang, what’s left of them, are determined to rescue their infamous leader.
When the gang threatens to wreck havoc upon the town unless Lenniger is released, the Sheriff may find that the people of Hammer Bend aren’t as loyal as they seem.
Is Rick the only person left that he can trust?
Can he rally the townsfolk of this Siege Town and prevent a savage attack?
Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
Description
t starts, like all good stories do, when a stranger rides into town…
The Sheriff has called in notorious gunslinger, Rick Hartnell, to drive the outlaws from Hammer Bend.
Rick has a dark past but a steady hand and he gets the job done soon enough.
He leads a crew of forty men up into the mountains to ambush the infamous Lenniger Gang.
That should have been the end of it.
Lenniger is taken back to Hammer Bend to await his trial and Rick rides off out into the Badlands.
But Lenniger’s gang, what’s left of them, are determined to rescue their infamous leader.
When the gang threatens to wreck havoc upon the town unless Lenniger is released, the Sheriff may find that the people of Hammer Bend aren’t as loyal as they seem.
Is Rick the only person left that he can trust?
Can he rally the townsfolk of this Siege Town and prevent a savage attack?