Running Rivers

He survived the noose. Now the deadliest outlaw in the Territory is hunting him.

Johnny Rivers was riding west to find a job, a bunkhouse, and something he hadn't had in years: peace.

Then he crossed paths with a posse hunting Bart Fiddle.

Fiddle is a ruthless bank robber with a gang of killers, a growing trail of bodies, and no intention of standing trial. When the posse rides into a deadly canyon ambush, Rivers is one of the few men left alive. The lawmen are dead, the outlaws are gone, and Rivers has become the one man Fiddle cannot afford to leave breathing.

Now the hunter has become the hunted.

Armed with a rifle, a battered horse, and the rope that once saved his life, Rivers heads into the badlands. He knows he can't defeat Fiddle's gang in a straight gunfight. He'll have to outthink them, outlast them, and turn the unforgiving Western landscape into a weapon.

But Fiddle has plans of his own. A shipment of gold is on the way, a merchant is being held prisoner, and anyone who interferes with the outlaw's next score is marked for death. With bounty hunters, treacherous allies, and relentless gunmen closing in, Rivers faces a brutal choice: keep running toward the quiet life he wants, or risk everything to stop a killer who leaves no witnesses.

Across treacherous river crossings, remote homesteads, rocky canyons, and lawless frontier country, the chase builds toward a final showdown where cunning may count for more than bullets—and one length of rope may decide who lives and who dies.

RUNNING RIVERS is a gritty, action-packed Western adventure featuring a hard-bitten cowboy hero, a merciless outlaw gang, a deadly ambush, a stolen gold shipment, frontier justice, and high-stakes survival in the untamed Old West.

Perfect for readers who love classic cowboy fiction, Western thrillers, outlaw stories, gunfights, bounty hunters, rugged frontier settings, and determined heroes who refuse to quit when the odds turn deadly.

Bart Fiddle has killed to keep his secrets. Johnny Rivers is coming to make him answer for them.