Flaming Fortune

The three novellas collected here showcase Max Brand's outstanding ability to create living, breathing characters whose unforgettable exploits linger long after the last page is turned. In -The Canon Coward, - you'll meet Harry Clonnell, a tracker who refuses to carry a gun and shuns violence yet has somehow earned the reputation of one of the most notorious bandits around. Outlaw Lefty Richards is put in quite a bind when his dying friend asks him to turn over his guns to the local sheriff in -A Wolf Among Dogs.- And Speedy, one of Brand's most enduring characters, takes on the job of sheriff in -Seven-Day Lawman---a job where no man has ever lasted longer than a week.