Pistolero
Atlantic Bridge Publishing
Literature and Fiction, Mystery: Historical
November 1, 2001
ISBN-13: 1931761280
Available in: e-Book
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Pistolero
by Howard Hopkins
A vicious killer stalks the dusty streets of Mascarada, New Mexico, slicing the throats of saloon girls like some Western Day Jack the Ripper.
The Crucible Society, an organization that claims it doesn't exist, plans to tame the Wild West, but are their methods of doing so any better than those of the criminals they track down?
Johnny Hickok, a man falsely accused of murder, struggles against the demons of his past and the specter of the Pistolero within. When the Crucible Society offers him a pardon in exchange for bringing the knife killer to justice, he soon finds himself plunged into a tangle of hidden motives, danger and deception. Can he face the ghosts awaiting him on the blood-stained trail that leads straight to the woman he left behind and vanquish the Janus tearing apart his soul? Or will he fall prey to an adversary as deadly as the West has ever known?
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Howard Hopkins' Bio
Howard Hopkins lives in a Maine seacoast town and has published 17 westerns, 12 of which have gone to large print editions, under the penname Lance Howard. He is an Active member of the Western Writers of America and a member of EPIC. His large print Western WANTED is a November 2001 release and his hardcover Western, BANDOLERO, sees print the same month. He is hard at work on his 18th at the moment, THE SILVERMINE SPOOK.
During the late 80s-early 90s he produced and edited GOLDEN PERILS, a journal for fans of the pulp magazines from the 1930s, primarily focusing on Doc Savage, The Avenger and The Shadow. He recently revived the magazine in electronic PDF format and published the most recent issue, #22, in September, 2001. He produced numerous other magazines in the field and wrote a comprehensive study of The Avenger character, as well as over fifty articles on pulp characters for various other journals.
He plays mandolin, alto sax, electric and acoustic guitar and paints ebook covers, as well as print.