White Death

The sun was getting well up, and its warmth was melting the snow fast. Its rays broke through the open doorway, striking across towards Louise, and as she moved through them, Jed saw her face properly for the first time.It took all his self-discipline to stop himself jumping up and grabbing her. There was a great bruise under her right eye, and her nose had been bleeding. A thread of black blood crept drily from the corner of her mouth, down across her chin, on her neck. And there were deep scratches around her throat.He realized that Yates had also seen it at the same moment, hearing the strangled gasp, and feeling the man's body tense in the chair beside him, ready to leap up. Herne reached across and seized his arm, squeezing it with all his strength … John J. McLaglen is the pseudonym for the writing team of Laurence James and John Harvey. John J. McLaglen is the pseudonym for the writing team of Laurence James and John Harvey used to write the Herne the Hunter series. Jedediah Herne, who was once upon a time known as Herne the Hunter- a bounty hunter and hired killer, comes out of retirement to avenge his wife's death at the hands of seven men. A blood-soaked and violent Western series.