The Lightning Runner [electronic resource] : A Western Story
Max Brand2013
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Notorious outlaw Lawrence Grey has been captured near El Paso. Marshal Neilan
has a proposal for him. Neilan will set Grey free if he tries to locate John
Ray, a man who was last known to be living in San Vicente, Mexico. The men
Neilan sent previously have disappeared or quit the job. Brick Forbes of
Pittsburgh is worth millions. Ray once did him a kindness. Now that Forbes is
desperately ill, he wants to leave his fortune to Ray rather than to his own
relatives.
Grey agrees to Neilan's proposal and goes to San Vicente, where he promptly
saves the life of Mexican general Miguel O'Riley during a bombing attempt. The
general makes inquiries and learns that the stranger who saved his life is
called John Lawrence and that he is studying Spanish. Another American named
Dickson Jarvis, employed by Forbes's relatives, informs O'Riley that Lawrence is
actually a wanted outlaw on both sides of the border. Later, Jarvis is murdered.
Lawrence has his own audience with General O...
Main title:
Author:
Max Brand, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Skyhorse Publishing, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (272 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781510720343
Language:
English
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BRN:
438143
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