BLOOD ON THE WIREBLOOD ON THE WIRE

Barbed wire draws lines on the land--and blood is what it takes to defend--or fight--them.

The open range is dying, strangled by fences, greed, and men willing to slaughter homesteaders for what was never theirs. Johnny Colt rides into the middle of that bloody battleground carrying a reputation he didn''t ask for--and a gun he knows how to use. He''s fast, deadly, and determined to live by his own rules, but fate has other plans for him.

When rustlers, hired guns, and merciless land barons take over land and cattle, Johnny finds himself pulled into a brutal struggle as sharp as the barbed wire cutting across the plains. Every fence post hammered into the ground leaves another body in the dust. And the powers behind it believe killing and intimidation will clear the way for their empire.

Problem is, they''ve underestimated Johnny Colt.

As the killing escalates and alliances fracture, Colt is forced to choose between riding away clean or standing his ground against enemies who won''t stop until the range is flowing with the blood of innocents. With towns caught in the crossfire and lives at stake, Johnny discovers that survival in the new West demands more than speed--it demands an immunity to fear and terror. And Johnny Colt can deliver both to his enemies.

Hard-hitting, fast-paced, and steeped in classic Western grit, Blood on the Wire launches a hard-driving series about a man forged by violence and driven by his own unrelenting code of honor.

Gallop into the legend from the beginning--pick up Blood on the Wire today and witness the birth of Johnny Colt.

PRAISE FOR JAMES REASONER:

As with most of James Reasoner''s Westerns, this one has it all--a great central character in Johnny Colt, plenty of plot twists and turns, fully drawn secondary characters including a bold and beautiful woman, and masterfully written violence. Again, with most of Reasoner''s Westerns, it also displays fast-moving but finely detailed prose so smooth it''s like a fine wine aged for years in oak barrels. Read Blood on the Wire. You will not regret a minute you spend on it. Sure to be galloping toward the bestseller lists. Might as well go along for the ride. --Peter Brandvold, long-time Western scribe and author of the new Nordic & Finn series published by Wolfpack.

"Wow, what a great story! James Reasoner writes the kind of westerns that bring an excitement and rush to the minds of all western enthusiasts. From page one, until the last, I felt I was riding right alongside Johnny Colt watching him change from gunman to Texas Ranger--a guntough who once rode on the wrong side of the fence to a man who pinned on a badge and became a firebrand for justice. Great job, James." - Casey Nash, bestselling author of JUBAL STONE: U.S. MARSHAL

"For my money, James Reasoner is the best damned western writer working today. His westerns are hugely entertaining, beautifully written, and the colorful characters he creates are true-to-life and could very well have existed on the American frontier. " --Gary Goldstein, author of Bailey''s Comet

"Blood on the Wire: The Legend of Johnny Colt, proves once again that James Reasoner is a master storyteller of the American West. Young Johnny Colt, driven by grief and reluctant duty, joins the Texas Rangers to bring down a rich, ruthless rancher he believes murdered his friends. Reasoner writes the way an artist paints, each sentence a deliberate stroke, building tension, character, and landscape with equal skill. Gun smoke drifts, loyalties are tested, and justice carries a heavy price. This is a hard-riding, emotionally charged Western, vividly rendered, and powered by a hero readers will love to follow." -- Lane R Warenski, bestselling author of the Frontier Scout Series

"James Reasoner is a master of the Western. You can always depend on his work to excite and entertain." --Joe Lansdale