Six Notch Road: The Joshua Trail Trilogy (Book 1)

SIX NOTCH ROAD the first book in The Joshua Trail Trilogy is an epic western in the tradition of The Outlaw Josie Wales and The Searchers. It is the story of a peaceable Welsh Coal Miner of immense size but easy disposition who pursues Six Brothers who murdered his wife from the Coal Mines of Pennsylvania to the Gold mines of California. Over the course of this pursuit he learns how to be a deadly gunfighter but a new love clouds his reason just when he needs the killer instinct the most.... Eli checked The Colt Peacemaker he kept in a cross-over holster. He hefted it to assure himself it was ready if need be. Once an awkward feeling to hold it was now a source of much comfort to him. Now it belonged in his hands and he had total confidence in his ability to use it. Where a pick axe handle had once felt comfortable in his hand but was a source of drudgery and pain - the feel of a gun handle was now a source of power and joy. Then his thumb felt the handle of his Peacemaker absent the one notch he wanted most of all ...