The Loner: The Big Gundown

The Loner: The Big Gundown by Johnstone, J. A.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780786022779.

The Loner intends to see justice served--until he realizes the line between good and evil is often blurred.Vengeance Is A Dangerous Game. . .Using an old cannon that once belonged to Napoleons army, an outlaw gang has been bringing trains to a halt and then robbing them. Now Edward Sheffield--one of the owners of the railroad--wants to hire Conrad Morgan, known as The Loner, to wipe the gang off the map. The Loner isnt interested, especially when Sheffields hot-blooded wife tries to seduce him into going after the gangs leader, Gideon Black--a renegade ex-colonel-turned-outlaw. But when the gang turns their big gun on a town, killing several innocent people, The Loner has to choose sides. The best way to take them out? Become one of them. And thats when The Loner uncovers some unsavory secrets--and finds himself caught between the middle of two ruthless forces. . .