Cracked Rock
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Some men head West to find fortune. Stanley Bannister came to clean up a legal mess-and wound up stranded in a desert town that barely exists.
There's no map for Cracked Rock-just a handful of misfits, rumors of rattlers, and a cactus that may or may not be judging him.
But something strange is stirring beneath the dust.
An old rival wants to claim the town for a railroad stop-or maybe it's about that long-abandoned mine everyone says is worthless. Either way, Stanley's about to find out the West doesn't forget. And it sure as hell doesn't forgive.
First introduced as a serial in a courthouse newsletter, Cracked Rock now rides again-dustier, funnier, and with more bite than ever.
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