Publisher's Synopsis
Enforcing his own brand of justice with his ever-ready six-gun, Donnegan shoots down everyone who stands in his way and sets his sights on a sidewinder with whom he has a personal score to settle. Donnegan, a short red-haired tramp, rides the rails in search of a man named Rusty Dick. Having discovered that his quarry is dead, Donnegan jumps off the train, forces his way into a stranger's house, and falls in love with the owner's daughter on the spot. Colonel Macon, sends Donnegan with his daughter to the Corner, a mining town, hoping that the girl will win back her lover, Jim Landis, from the shadowy Lord Nick, who has horned in on the Colonel's profitable business arrangements with Landis. Failing that, Donnegan is to kill Landis. Max Brand, was the pen name of Frederick Schiller Faust. He was a prolific American author best known for his classic western novels. Brand also created the famous character Dr. Kildare which became the basis of many films and television shows.
