Rattlesnake valley

de J. A. Johnstone

They came from the sea: a former ship captain named Owen Bird who inherited a Texas ranch from his brother.... A former pirate named "Black Terrance" Malone, who has arrived in the once peaceful Rattlesnake Valley with a crew of sea dogs to do his dirty work. And dirty work it will be, as Black Terrance begins a campaign of thieving and threatening, even targeting Bird's beautiful young niece. Into this storm rides the Loner - Conrad Morgan, son of the legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan. The Loner sees what no one else does: a war on the high seas and a third party is biding his time - waiting to strike a death Now on solid, bloody ground....