The Violent Storm

Oklahoma Territory is on the edge of a range war, and U.S. Deputy Marshal Will Tanner is the one man positioned to stop it. Cattle ranches across the region are being raided by rustlers who have crossed over from Texas, and if nobody steps in, the trouble could turn into a massacre. Tanner has only just married Sophie, and leaving her behind is the last thing he wants. But the job has never waited on his convenience, and in his experience, the work usually goes badly.

The trouble starts early. Tanner runs into a band of outlaws he did not expect, and the clash leaves blood on the ground. Worse is still coming. A convict has broken out of jail, and when he learns that Tanner is the man who killed his brother, he sets out to even the score.

Now Tanner is caught between two threats at once: rustlers who outnumber him and a vengeful killer who is hunting him personally. He knows he is riding into a mess of revenge and bloodshed, and that it will only end one way, with guns blazing.

This is a fast-moving frontier Western from William W. Johnstone, part of the Will Tanner series, built on gunfights, a lone lawman with long odds against him, and a score that has to be settled.