After the town bank is robbed, Sheriff Jake Clay is mad—spitting mad and out for blood. He and his posse think they have cornered the robbers in a nearby dry gulch. Approaching just before dawn, with stealth they capture the culprits. Are they the real criminals...or someone else in the wrong place, at the wrong time. But in a moment of hot anger Clay makes a decision that will change the path of his life forever. Lawman has turned outlaw.
Frontier justice was often swift and without mercy, this story is no exception and will keep you turning pages to the last chapter. W.R. Benton writes western fiction with blood, guts and grit of the true West.
W.R Benton is a retired U.S. military senior Noncommissioned Officer with over twenty-six years of active duty service. He grew up in the Missouri Ozark Mountains, where hunting, trapping, camping, and other outdoor activities were the norm. Additionally, he spent more than twelve years teaching survival and parachuting procedures to U.S. Air Force personnel as a Life Support instructor.