MATT BRAUN IS A MASTER STORYTELLER OF FRONTIER HISTORY. -Elmer KeltonCould the most feared gunman in the WestBen Thompson carved out a name for himself as a gambler and a shootist-from Dodge City to the Rio Grande. But settling down in Austin with a wife and young son didnt settle Bens taste for the sporting life. He still found himself in the gambling dives-where the turn of a card too often led to a shootout.Become a respectable lawman in the wildest city in Texas?Soon a circle of powerful businessmen decides that Thompson is the only man who can tame Austins wild side. They ask him to rule the streets-and take no prisoners. They want him to take on the job of a marshal in a town in which every man packs a gun. Thompsons career as a lawman is about to take an explosive turn.
