Deathwalk

by Matt Braun

An infamous gunslinger enforces law and order in this action-packed Western adventure from "a master storyteller of frontier history" (Elmer Kelton).

Ben 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 didn't settle Ben's 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.

Soon a circle of powerful businessmen decides that Thompson is the only man who can tame Austin's 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. Thompson's career as a lawman is about to take an explosive turn. He finds himself at a Is his personal code of honor the price for a tin-star badge?

It's a risk he's willing to take . . . even if there's no going back.

"Braun is one of the best." —Don Coldsmith, Spur Award–winning author of the Spanish Bit series

Genres: Westerns, Fiction

292 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2000

About the author

Matt Braun is an author of fifty-six books, most of which are in the Western genre and has over 40 million copies in print.

Reviews

[Jeff Dickison · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good western, this is the fictional story of a real person, Ben Thompson, named by Bat Masterson as the best gunfighter in the west. A gambler by trade he decides to run for Marshall of Austin, Texas on the law and order ticket. Several gunfights and court scenes are included in this tale. Recommended.

[Jay Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had never read a work by him before. I have been delving into Westerns in the recent past. This is a fictional story about a real gunfighter. I literally could not put in down. I enjoyed the personalities the most of all. He developed his characters well.

[Jannell Wells · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed this book about the life of Ben Thompson!