Borderland — S.K. Epperson

Not much had changed in remote Denke, Kansas, since the pioneer days: descendants of the same families still walked the streets; the same customs still held the residents together; the same fears still forced the people to hide their dark secrets from unwanted visitors. For over one hundred years, the citizens of Denke had worked far outside the laws of man and nature, hunting down strangers, stealing their money and their lives. But the time had come at last for every one of them to pay for their unspeakable crimes....