Three Bullets
J Sloan Murray
J Sloan Murray
In the years following the Great Rebellion, the remote Utah town of Frozen Deer Valley has had its fair share of wild nights. Few, however, have been as violent as the night One-Eye rode into the town with only one thing on his mind: revenge. After leaving three lawmen dead in his wake, the disfigured phantom begins a bloody, calculated rampage that he hopes will bring the man who wronged him to justice. That man, Malcolm Baron, is a shattered Union soldier turned career criminal cursed with the conscience of a child. Tired of years of filling the thankless role of a hired killer, Baron begins to stand up to his corrupt employers, hoping to make a true name for himself in a town most people journey to to be forgotten. Backed into a corner, Baron does what he does best: he fights against them all. Against his former employers, against One-Eye’s violent retribution, and against Baron’s own guilt of past and present sins lingering in his soul.Sheriff William Ford, a fallen legend of the Utah territory, isn’t all he presents himself to be, but in the rugged landscape of the Valley, few men are. Eager to do the right thing, but more eager to make money, he turns a blind eye to Baron’s ill deeds in exchange for a cut of the profits. Yet as the chaos Baron revels in begins to surround him, Ford remembers that some lines cannot be crossed.Through each man’s tale, a tapestry is woven, creating a saga of revenge, regret, and redemption, all leading up to the moment where three bullets will change each man’s life forever.
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