Heller from Texas

 Heller from Texas

By 

William Heuman

(Originally published 1957)

At twenty-eight, Trev Buchman decides to return to Cannon Basin and the Box B Ranch. It had been eight years since he'd had it out with his father and ridden off never to return. His father had been dead for four years now and Trev wanted to see his brother, Jim. But he'd come six weeks too late. According to stories he'd been told in Flint Rock, seventy-five miles to the south, Jim had fallen off a holding corral fence after a dizzy spell and was trampled to death by the milling crowd of cattle inside. They'd told him that Jim had been married for a year and a half before his death.

This was my first time reading Heuman, and I have to say—he delivers. The story is gritty, fast-paced, and packed with hard-edged characters who don’t flinch.

When Trev Buchman returns to Cannon Basin, he’s greeted by the corpse of a close friend. The dying man manages to name his killer, setting Trev on a path of vengeance.

With a bounty hunter named McTigue at his side, Trev wastes no time settling the score. But revenge is just the beginning.

Ivy Buchman—his late brother’s widow—isn’t mourning. She’s mobilizing. With a crew of hired guns and a deadly agenda, Ivy’s about to turn Cannon Basin into a war zone.