About the Book Kosoma, Indian Territory. The outlaw Darby brothers have been sentenced to hang until dead. Witnessing the exectution are Amelia Darby, sister of the condemned men, as well as U.S. Deputy Marshal Sam Trusty Dawson and Judge Gordon Hadesworth. After justice is served, Trusty hits the trail, escorting the judge--and begrudgingly, Amelia--back to Oklahoma. Ambushed en route, the judge is murdered and Amelia vanishes, leaving Trusty to believe she led them into a trap for revenge. To find Amelia, Trusty will have to put his faith in Father Michael Darby, a fourth brother who gave up his criminal ways to take up the cloth and collar. Unwilling to let his sister continue to fall to the wicked evil that claimed the rest of his family, Michael joins the hunt for Amelia. But as their journey turns deadlier by the day, Trusty starts to doubt that Michael is truly on the righteous path...-- Book Synopsis Two-time Spur and Will Rogers Medallion Award-winning author Larry D. Sweazy kicks off the first in an action-packed, historically-rich Western series, as U.S. Marshal Sam Trusty Dawson runs neck and neck with the devil in a race for revenge... Kosoma, Indian Territory. The outlaw Darby brothers have been sentenced to hang until dead. Witnessing the exectution are Amelia Darby, sister of the condemned men, as well as U.S. Deputy Marshal Sam Trusty Dawson and Judge Gordon Hadesworth. After justice is served, Trusty hits the trail, escorting the judge--and begrudgingly, Amelia--back to Oklahoma. Ambushed en route, the judge is murdered and Amelia vanishes, leaving Trusty to believe she led them into a trap for revenge. To find Amelia, Trusty will have to put his faith in Father Michael Darby, a fourth brother who gave up his criminal ways to take up the cloth and collar. Unwilling to let his sister continue to fall to the wicked evil that claimed the rest of his family, Michael joins the hunt for Amelia. But as their journey turns deadlier by the day, Trusty starts to doubt that Michael is truly on the righteous path... About the Author Larry D. Sweazy is the multi-award winning author of westerns, short stories, historical fiction, and mystery novels, including the Trusty Dawson, U.S. Deputy Marshal Westerns, the Sonny Burton series, the Josiah Wolfe Westerns, and the Marjorie Trumaine Mysteries. A two-time Spur Award winner and recipient of the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award, hes twice received the prestigious Will Rogers Medallion Award. Hes also a winner of the Elmer Kelton Book Award, the Best Books of Indiana, and the Willa Award, and has been a Derringer Award finalist. A member of ITW (International Thriller Writers), WWA (Western Writers of America), and WF (Western Fictioneers), he lives in Indiana with his wife, Rose. More information can be found at LarrydSweazy.com.