Carnage of Eagles - Eagles, Bk 17 Author:William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone In Sorrento, Texas, there is only one law: the hangman's law. Right now the condemned waits for his last meal in a cramped jail cell. But Falcon MacCallister will not go quietly to the gallows. Falcon was called to Sorrento by a crusading newspaper reporter trying to expose a conspiracy of greed and corruption -- with innocent men dying at t... more »he end of a court-ordered rope. As acting U.S. Marshal, Falcon quickly makes some very dangerous enemies. Then he himself is sentenced to hang. But in twenty-four hours he'll be out of jail, out on the streets, and shooting lead against a small army of gunmen. Because he knows the three men who have taken over Sorrento. And he sentences them to death -- the MacCallister brand...« less
I enjoyed this conventional western. I'd not read Mr. Johnstone's work before but I liked it. This is a stand-alone story but with somewhat familiar characters from his "Eagles" series.