The Hellbound Man

Jim Benton had come to think of himself as the hellbound man because he seemed to be headed in that direction. But there were some interesting stops along the way. One such stop was a lawless little town called Rustler's Roost in honor of some charming young men who seemed to think other men's cattle, horses and women were theirs for the taking.But Benton had them worried. He didn't seem afraid of them and when somebody shot at him he shot back - with alarming accuracy. They were...
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Jim Benton had come to think of himself as the hellbound man because he seemed to be headed in that direction. But there were some interesting stops along the way. One such stop was a lawless little town called Rustler's Roost in honor of some charming young men who seemed to think other men's cattle, horses and women were theirs for the taking.But Benton had them worried. He didn't seem afraid of them and when somebody shot at him he shot back - with alarming accuracy. They were afraid somebody had sent for him to put a stop to the rustling. One of the local ranchers or perhaps old Charlie Fry who had the biggest store in town and two beautiful stepdaughters, but also had his eye on the ranch of a man who owed him money and the man's wild daughter, who galloped about the country on a palomino almost the same color as her windblown hair. One of the rustlers had already put his outlaw brand on her and two others were plotting to kill Benton to make sure he didn't get too friendly with Fry's girls.When the shooting was over some more dead men littered the trail behind Benton and it was time for the hellbound man to ride on toward his final destination.Warning: Reading a Van Holt western may make you want to get on a horse and hunt some bad guys down in the Old West. Of course, the easiest and most enjoyable way to do it is vicariously-by reading another Van Holt western.Van Holt writes westerns the way they were meant to be written.More action-packed gunfighting westerns by Van Holt:- A Few Dead Men- Blood in the Hills- Brandon's Law- Buck Hayden, Mustanger- Curly Bill and Ringo- Dead Man Riding- Dead Man's Trail- Death in Black Holsters- Dynamite Riders- Hellbound Express- Hunt the Killers Down- Maben- Rebel With a Gun- Riding for Revenge- Rubeck's Raiders- Shiloh Stark- Shoot to Kill- Six-Gun Serenade- Six-Gun Solution- Six-Gun Showdown- The Antrim Guns- The Bounty Hunters- The Bushwhackers- The Fortune Hunters- The Gundowners- The Gundown Trail- The Hellbound Man- The Hell Riders- The Last of the Fighting Farrells- The Long Trail- The Man Called Bowdry- The Return of Frank Graben- The Revenge of Tom Graben- The Stranger from Hell- The Vultures- Wild Country- Wild Desert RoseComing soon by Van Holt:- Six-Gun Man