
By Walt Coburn
Sam Graybull rides out of a snow‑bound frontier town with a stolen sack of cash and a cold, steady grin, his Colt still smoldering from a bank robbery that leaves two men dead. A half‑Sioux outlaw, he knows the trails of the Bad Lands like the back of his hand, trusting only a handful of ragged friends—Pete Peralta and his quiet wife—while a bounty looms over his head. The opening chase throbs with reckless bravado, rust‑filled gunfire, and the promise of a hidden cabin where whiskey and false safety await.
Beyond the bleak canyons, the story widens as Graybull’s restless blood carries him far from the prairie, pulling him into the chaos of World War I’s European battlefields. The transition from dusty saloons to muddy trenches tests his lethal skill and forces him to confront a world where the old code of the West seems both absurd and vital. Listeners will be drawn into a gritty portrait of a man who counts his victories on the notches of a gun, wondering whether his ruthless edge can survive the greatest fight of his life.
Language
en
Duration
~20 minutes (19K characters)
Release date
Jul 12, 2024
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1889–1971
Raised on a Montana cattle ranch and seasoned by life as a cowboy, surveyor, and World War I serviceman, he brought unusual firsthand grit to his Western fiction. His long career produced a huge body of stories and novels that helped shape the popular Western for decades.
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