Hawke: The Law of a Fast Gun (Hawke (HarperTorch Paperback))

When a cattle driver realises that he can strike it rich by starting a war with a small Nebraska town, only Mason Hawke will be able to stand in his way. A man haunted and changed by war--whose fingers are equally skilled in the arts of music and death--Mason Hawke has found a new home in Braggadocio, Nebraska. But a dustup in the local saloon has forced his hand, and now two bodies lie lifeless on the dirty floor--a situation an unscrupulous cattleman plans to use to his advantage. Like Hawke, Clint Jessup is running from his past. But Jessup's sins turned him hard and greedy--and he's willing to drain bone dry a town that's trying to build a future, if it puts an extra dollar in his pocket. The blood of a drifter named Mason Hawke is going to oil his money-making scheme. But it doesn't matter how many killers he sends Hawke's way, because the target plays by his own rules: draw first, shoot fast, and keep watching your back THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES WAS THE COSTliest war in American history. Title from eBook title screen viewed (December 4, 2006).