The Judas Tree — Matt Braun

A STRANGER NAMED STARBUCK -- IN A TOWN THAT RESEMBLED HELL

Luke Starbuck rode into Virginia City expecting trouble. The town was built on gold, and greed had turned it into a mother lode of murder. Starbuck didn't know who was worse -- the trigger-happy sheriff, the vigilante leader climbing to power on a hanging tree, the outlaw who felt as safe as in a church, the lawyer who lied as easily as he breathed, or the saloon owner who served up a deadly brew of treachery. Starbuck knew just one thing: The only way to clean up Virginia City was to wash it down with blood....