Some men look to keep the peace Others look to make trouble But sometimes even the most lawabiding of men are compelled to cross the lineEasy Bill Gates is just such a manas quick with a smile and as slow to anger as Gary Cooper in High Noon Hes a model of restraintuntil hes forced to strap on a holster and kill the outlaw who murdered his brother But more than his honor is at stake A ruthless land baron is out to grab Bills ranch and hes hired a gang of gunslingers to get Bill out of the wayBetween the rancher who wants to take his land and the young guns who want to take his life Easy Bill will have to make some hard choicesand fast drawsto avoid becoming just another notch in the Gunmans TallyHailing from the western states of Nebraska Oklahoma and Montana Hubbard grew up surrounded by grizzled frontiersmen and leathertough cowboys counting a Native American medicine man as one of his closest friends When he chose to write stories of the Old West Hubbard didnt have to go far to do his research drawing on his own memories of a youth steeped in the life and legends of the American frontierAlso includes the Western adventure Ruin at Rio Piedras the story of a young cowboy kicked off a ranch for falling in love with the owners daughteronly to devise a whipsmart plan to win the dayand the girlOutstanding Midwest Book Review