The New York Times-bestselling author?s richly imagined work of historical fiction: a powerful tale of the Old West from the acknowledged master of crime fiction.
Putnam
June 2008
On Sale: June 3, 2008
304 pages ISBN: 039915504X EAN: 9780399155048 Hardcover Add to Wish List
โI had an eight-gauge shotgun that Iโd taken with me when I left Wells Fargo. It didnโt take too long for things to develop. I sat in the tall lookout chair in the back of the saloon with the shotgun in my lap for two peaceful nights. On my third night it was different. I could almost smell the trouble beginning to cook . . . .โ
After the bloody confrontation in Appaloosa, Everett Hitch heads in the afternoon sun and ends up in Resolution, an Old West town so new the dust has yet to settle. Itโs the kind of town that doesnโt have much in the way of commerce, except for a handful of saloons and some houses of ill repute. Hitch takes the job as lookout at Amos Wolfsonโs Blackfoot Saloon and quickly establishes his position as protector of the ladies who work the backroomsโas well as a man unafraid to stand up to the enforcer sent down from the OโMalley copper mine.
Though Hitch makes short work of hired gun Koy Wickman, tensions continue to mount, so that even the self-assured Hitch is relieved by the arrival in town of his friend Virgil Cole. When greedy mine owner Eamon OโMalley threatens the loose coalition of local ranchers and starts buying up Resolutionโs fee businesses, Hitch and Cole find themselves in the middle of a makeshift war between OโMalleyโs men and the ranchers. In a place where law and order donโt exist, Hitch and Cole must make their own, guided by their sense of duty, honor, and friendship.
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