Brand of the Hunted by the late British author John Glasby (
ISFDB,
Wikipedia,
obituary at The Telegraph) is his vintage standalone historical western action adventure novel, this one involving a wagon train trying to cross hostile territory, including the lands of a man not only with an objection against wagons crossing his turf in general, but also a particular longtime enmity for one of its gunslinger protectors, which may turn deadly, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Pioneering imprint.
This was originally published in 1963 by John Spencer using the pseudonym Chuck Adams and was later reprinted by Robert Hale as part of their Black Horse Western line using the pseudonym Charles M. Barker.
Currently free @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
Description
t’s a race against time...
Neil Roberts catches up to the wagon train just in time.
It’s about to head into the Bad Country, a place renowned for deadly sandstorms and blizzards.
A place crawling with outlaws.
Neil and fellow gunslinger Clem Jackson are the only thing standing between the wagon train and certain death.
But it’s not just the relentless weather and brutish rogues that Neil will be battling against.
He will also be fighting with his past.
The train will be passing through lands that have a deadly history - those belonging to Jesse Sherman.
Sherman has been fighting to keep the wagons off his land, but he and Neil are old enemies and Sherman would do just about anything to see Neil dead and buried.
The real question is this - is Neil endangering the train, or is he the only one capable of saving it?