After fifteen years of city life, lawyer David Dorrance has come home to Bitter Basin.
He is there to claim his inheritance – a thousand rolling acres of the finest grazing land in the West.
But he is a stranger in a strange land and the townsfolk soon close ranks, pitting themselves against him.
An incident leads to Dorrance being falsely accused for the murder of Knute Miller.
Within his first forty-eight hours in Bitter Basin, he has been bushwhacked, charged with murder, and kidnapped.
What else awaits him in this perilous part of the Wild West?
How can he possibly survive in this lawless land and claim what is rightfully his?
Dorrance must fight for his land - and his life.
Whatever happens, he knows that the fight for Bitter Basin is a long way from being over...
The perfect western for fans of Louis L'Armour and Zane Grey.
‘A classic of the genre’ - Tom Kasey bestselling author of Trade Off
Mason Macrae is a prolific author of Western literature, creating some of the most thrilling novels on the Wild West from the past century. Other titles from Mason Macrae include The Bounty Hunter and Two Gun Troubadour .
Bb. has penned a western action adventure which begins with a discussion between two attorneys in Boston. Following the advice of his partner in the law firm one young man returns to the West to claim his inheritance. Unknown to him is the chicanery that is happening in the valley. He is framed for murder. One man has his sights on owning the whole valley. The young man begins to fight back in the only way he knows how. With his guns. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS