The Dark Riders
by Howard Hopkins

From the darkest reaches of the Wild West comes a terrifying band of desperados bent on a course of destruction and revenge. Led by a vicious outlaw with half a face, they are called Dark Riders, neither dead nor alive, trapped in a world of eternal darkness. They descend upon the 7HL ranch in a fury of flashing fangs and ruthless bloodlust, leaving the compound littered with bloodless bodies.

When Chris Durrin, a man stalked by death and nightmares, returns to find his uncle and all cowhands murdered, he soon realizes the devil has come to claim his due--a devil named Milus Clint.

A devil he killed six years previous.

Within hours he finds himself locked in a struggle between the world of the living and the realm of the undead. His loved ones butchered, he wages a desperate fight against the forces of darkness and the ghosts of his past. Can he overcome the menace before he too becomes one of the living dead, or will he be another in a long line of victims of The Dark Riders?

Other Books by Howard Hopkins

Dark Harbors

Night Demons

Pistolero

The Headless Paperboy: The Nightmare Club#1
Nightmare Club#1

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.