U.S. Marshal Eldridge Sample has his man. Laredo Pete is in irons. The job should be over.
But when the notoriously cunning outlaw vanishes from a locked cell in the dusty Texas border town of Presidio Station—leaving the local sheriff beaten, compromised, and disgraced—Sample's simple transport explodes into a high-stakes hunt for a conspiracy that runs as deep as the caliche-dusted ground.
Now, the stone-cold Marshal and the compromised Sheriff Virgil Cobb must form an uneasy alliance. They're up against a ruthless cattle syndicate run by the untouchable Colonel Brode, a mysterious saloon owner with deadly secrets, and a trail of bodies that proves Laredo Pete is more than just a common rustler. He's a key player in a game that rots the town from the inside out, blurring the line between the lawmen and the outlaws.
Written in the sharp, gritty, and dialogue-driven style, Larado Pete is a wild western adventure where no one is clean, and everyone has a price. From a bloody jailbreak to a violent main-street showdown, this is a tale of moral ambiguity, hard-won redemption, and the sudden violence of the Texas frontier.
Fans of Justified, Lonesome Dove, and classic Westerns that are more than just white hats and black hats will be gripped. This isn't just a story of heroes and villains; it's about the compromised men in the middle, fighting for one last shot at the truth on the long, hard road to Fort Smith and Judge Parker's court.
C Lowry is the author of the Rip Campbell Wild Western Adventure Series