Rough Shod

<p><strong>A lone gunman. A fatal mistake. A hunt across the unforgiving desert.</strong></p><p>In the sun-scorched badlands a man known only as Rip is left afoot when his horse takes a bad step. A chance ride on a freight wagon seems like a lifeline but it plunges him into the heart of a bloody ambush. In the chaos he escapes with his life a stolen horse and a saddlebag-but it's the wrong one. Now he's carrying a fortune in bank bonds he never wanted and the desert is crawling with men who will kill to get it back.</p><p>A relentless manhunt begins across the blistering alkali flats and through shadowed canyons. Rip is pursued by three deadly forces: a ruthless gang of outlaws led by the brutal Slade a dogged sheriff and his Comanche tracker seeking frontier justice and a cunning bounty hunter Flint McCrae who is always one step behind.</p><p>But the stolen bonds are a lie a decoy in a deeper conspiracy of greed and murder orchestrated by a corrupt banker. Rip the only loose end becomes the target of every gun in the territory. Battling a venomous snakebite debilitating thirst and the ghosts of a war he can't forget Rip must outwit his hunters and unravel the truth before the desert or a bullet claims him for good.</p><p><strong>ROUGH SHOD is a gritty high-octane wild western adventure in the vein of Elmore Leonard and Louis L'Amour a taut story of survival betrayal and the deadly cost of a single mistake.</strong></p>