Mojave Showdown

de L. J. Martin

**BLOOD AND SAND** A fellow'd have to be more than a man or else just plain loco to lead eighteen head of stolen prize borax mules into the blistering, man-killing Mojave. But no jasper west of Tombstone ever accused Mangas Saragosa. "the Demon of the Desert," of being an ordinary human. With the ill-gotten poke earned from selling the purloined livestock, the giant tattoo-covered Redskin could concentrate on other things - like a slow and painful revenge on the murdering owl hoots who slaughtered h is family. And anyone, guilty or otherwise, who got in Saragosa's way was fixing to end up as rotting buzzard bait! The Mojave was out of Sherriff Ned Cody's jurisdiction. But his two best friends were being toted face down across it couple of Saragosa's mules - still breathing, but just barely - and Cody was willing to take on the Devil himself to set them free. But that meant entering the "demon's" territory. And when the gunsmoke cleared, the county lawsman would either rule the desert sands... or be buried in it!