Back Trail by Chuck Mason, a pseudonym for the prolific multi-genre author Donald S. Rowland is his standalone western historical action adventure novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press’ Venture imprint.
This was originally published in 1966 by John Gresham. The story stars a man who was once run out of his hometown returning after a long absence to pursue a case in his new capacity as a Deputy Marshal, only to find his attempt to catch a murderous robber gang complicated by the intereference of old enemies still smearing his reputation, and attempting to make new allies from his remaining friends.
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Description
The past is a dangerous place…
Chick Butler was run out of Hard Rock by Jefferson Farrell, who felt that Chick was not good enough for his daughter Jane.
Jefferson was a saloon owner and well-known around Hard Rock for his wealth and power.
Twenty years later, and now federal Deputy Marshal, Chick returns to the town on a job, re-igniting Jefferson’s anger.
A violent encounter leads Chick into Jefferson’s saloon, where he learns that his former lover, Jane, had been forced to leave home when he was run out of town and hadn’t been seen since.
Jane had a son, Charles, who came to Hard Rock to meet his grandfather.
But it would seem that Jefferson merely led the boy astray, filling his head with lies about his past.
With a robber gang, a murder and a son who resents him, the future does not seem hopeful.
Can he untangle the vicious web of lies in time?
Or will he be silenced once and for all…?