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A brand new Western adventure from John West—youll love this new adventure from one of the best of a new crop of Western authors!Six families drop out of a wagon train in the eastern Colorado territory when their leader’s wife suffers a difficult pregnancy. John Marshall’s wife, Jane, dies giving birth to a baby girl. Using the Township Act of 1862, on July 4, 1868, the group decides to begin a new town named Marshallville.Two years later, Marshall Ken Knight and Deputy George Sundown were caught in a cattle stampede while chasing rustlers. Trampled with broken bones, they turned in their badges. Knight receives a letter from the sheriff in Marshallville telling him his uncle died in an accident leaving him a saloon named “The Short Keg.” Knight and Sundown travel to “Marshallville,” take over the saloon from a gunman who killed the uncle. Face to face, a pistol whip, and the killer goes to jail. Knight and Sundown meet three more ex-peacekeepers who live in town, Nevada Slim, Buzzard Cooper, and Miss Kitty. Within a year, Gentleman George, Shady Mike, and Boot Hill Bryce, also former lawmen, looking for peace and a quiet place to live, find their way to Marshallville. With similar backgrounds, they form a solid friendship. Nearly every day they can be found swapping stories in their favorite saloon, “The Short Keg.”When danger is too big for the sheriff, Quick Cal, he often asks Knight and his friends for help. They reluctantly back his play because they know peace comes at a price. Involved with a shoot-out, they help prevent a bank robbery, save a kidnapped banker, and chase down gunmen.When a gang of killers threatens to take over the town, Ken Knight gathers his friends, and the ex-lawmen face their most dangerous test yet. Some will stand, some will fall.This is action, adventure and full-blown-western glory from page one! Grab this brand-new novel from John West!