The Golden Dead

Strangers aren't that welcome in the Sierra Mogollon of New Mexico, but Jubal Cade is no ordinary stranger. Ace marksman and skilled medico, he's a handy guy to have around when bullets are flying and blood begins to flow. And it flows fast when Apache braves raid the Salt River mining township. That suits the deadly doctor just fine. For the redskins are led by scar-faced Lee Kincaid. And Kincaid killed Jubal's wife... Terry Harknnett and Angus Ian Wells were British writers of genre fiction, who wrote under the name of Charles R. Pike (Jubal Cade). Raised in a Chicago foundling home, Jubal Cade went to England to learn medicine and returned to his native land with a wife and a dream.But a cruel world sets little store by dreams and as Jubal moved westwards he found himself on a killing trail. Violence stalked him every foot of the way and sudden death lurked close to every campsite. The harsh reality of flying fists and whining bullets shattered the dream and Jubal was forced to acknowledge the truth about himself.With sparkling white snow stained by the ghastly red of blood, the final tattered remnants of the dream were ripped away-although he had been taught to heal, his destiny was to kill.