By William W. Johnstone
The mountains are brimming with the entice of fortunes - from gold to a booming fur alternate. a guy at domestic during this as soon as pristine wasteland, Preacher is familiar with there is not any turning again civilization now. What he does not be aware of is that past the plans of a few males is a perilous enemy with way more risky designs...With vengeance-hungry criminals shadowing his each movement, Preacher meets a gorgeous girl operating to carry a rail line to a distant payment. And whereas Preacher is distracted by means of either the wonder and via beastly outlaws, Indians assault the outpost - and settlers struggle furiously again for his or her survival.When the smoke clears and the blood dries, Preacher realizes that he's in a conflict extra lethal and intricate than any he is identified. brokers of a international executive ignited the Indian assault. And they have a ways higher plans - and merely Preacher stands of their way...
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Even though Preacher hadn’t seen it, he had a pretty idea how the fight had played out. This fella and the one on the other side of the fire had argued over the jug, which lay broken near the flames. The survivor had whipped out a pistol and shot the man he was arguing with. Then the third varmint had shot this one, who wasn’t wounded badly enough to stop him from pulling a knife and going after that third man… Preacher had seen men kill each other in equally senseless arguments during rendezvous.
Everyone in the settlement knew to listen, and if they heard the bell mounted on top of the trading post tolling, they knew it meant to get inside the wall as quickly as they could. All the settlers would gather there in case of trouble. Today, though, peace reigned in the valley, and folks strolled in and out through the gates, visiting the trading post for supplies or just some conversation, then heading back to the log cabins that dotted the grassy park. With a procession of youngsters trailing him, Preacher rode through the gates as well, and brought Horse to a stop before the trading post just as Corliss Hart stepped out onto the shaded porch.
Deborah Hart, her gently rounded belly starting to display that she was expecting, came outside and took her turn checking to see if she recognized the bushwhackers. It came as no surprise to Preacher that she didn’t. Neither did Pete Carey, the stocky jack-of-all-trades who helped the Hart cousins run the trading post. “Well, Preacher,” Corliss said after a while, “you seem to have drawn a blank. ” Preacher spat. “Only one thing to do. ” “I killed ’em. ” Jerome said, “Surely we can give you a hand with that at the very least.