Death's Bounty — George G. Gilman

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It was a small Wyoming town, sleeping uneasily in the memory of a time when its people went mad with ruthless vengeance. Now once a year its streets open up to strangers, and its past crime is drowned in the drink and noise of reckless celebration. Into this annual madness rides Edge.

Born of bitterness and violence, Edge carries the scent of trouble with him... and before he can wash the acrid trail dust from his throat, a trigger-ready lawman is on his back. But no town can shove Edge back on the trail -- not when it shelters a wiry little man with a sackful of his money. Edge always collects, and he won't mark off his solitary miles until he's ripped the place apart to get his due.

Before he leaves, those who survive will sleep with a savage nightmare -- the memory of a day at the edge of life, with a man called

EDGE