
The story opens in the untamed Southwest, where towns like Eagle rise from the dust like fleeting oases for wandering drifters. In this law‑less frontier, gunmen and outlaws shape their own rules, and the line between “good bad‑men” and “bad bad‑men” blurs amid endless gunfire and raw ambition. Against this backdrop, a ruthless Mexican schemer named Antonio rides into Eagle, his mind a maze of greed, cruelty, and cunning, ready to exploit a bitter range dispute for his own gain.
Inside a dim saloon, Antonio seeks out his fellow conspirators, their uneasy alliance a fragile veneer over deeper contempt. As the tension in the room rises, the stage is set for a clash between Antonio’s cold‑blooded machinations and the emerging force of justice that prowls the frontier. Listeners will be drawn into a world where honor is measured by the speed of the draw and where every showdown could reshape the balance between chaos and law.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (495K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Janet Kegg, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2011-12-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1883–1956
Best known as the creator of Hopalong Cassidy, this American writer helped shape the classic Western with stories full of range life, dry humor, and hard-riding adventure. His books introduced a cowboy hero who became even more famous on screen, but the original character was very much his own.
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