.44 Caliber Retribution
(2025)(The prequel to the Reno Gates Western series)
A novel by Jack Spencer and C Wayne Winkle
When the fastest gun in Texas falls, only one man can ride the vengeance trail—and he won’t stop until justice is paid in blood.
Reno Gates finally has everything he never thought he’d see again—peace on his California ranch, the daughter he only recently discovered, and Lula Mae, the woman who’s brought the promise of a new life. But when a telegram arrives with shattering news, that peace dies in an instant. Sheriff Will Morgan, the boy Reno raised like a son, has been gunned down
in the streets of El Paso by a lightning-fast killer known only as the Idaho Kid.
The young gunslinger is more than a braggart with a fancy holster—he’s a cold-blooded murderer whose trail is already littered with bodies from New Mexico to Colorado. And he’s getting bolder with every kill.
Reno saddles up alone, armed with newly tuned .44s, a scattergun, and a promise he intends to keep. From dusty border towns to the rugged rise of Raton Pass, he hunts a ghost—always one step behind a killer too fast, too proud, and too eager to carve his name into Western legend. Along the way Reno crosses paths with hard-bitten sheriffs, grieving families, and even Bat Masterson himself, each warning him that this might be the one gunfight he can’t win.
But Reno Gates doesn’t scare. Not when family is on the line.
Driven by love, justice, and an iron will forged over decades of gun smoke, Reno follows the killer’s bloody trail north—toward a final showdown where only one man will walk away.
Some legends are born. Others are hunted down.
If you love gritty frontier justice, breakneck pacing, and heroes who don’t flinch in the face of death, saddle up with .44 CALIBER RETRIBUTION today.
Buy your copy now and ride with Reno Gates into one of the most relentless vengeance quests of the Old West.
Genre: Western
Reno Gates finally has everything he never thought he’d see again—peace on his California ranch, the daughter he only recently discovered, and Lula Mae, the woman who’s brought the promise of a new life. But when a telegram arrives with shattering news, that peace dies in an instant. Sheriff Will Morgan, the boy Reno raised like a son, has been gunned down
in the streets of El Paso by a lightning-fast killer known only as the Idaho Kid.
The young gunslinger is more than a braggart with a fancy holster—he’s a cold-blooded murderer whose trail is already littered with bodies from New Mexico to Colorado. And he’s getting bolder with every kill.
Reno saddles up alone, armed with newly tuned .44s, a scattergun, and a promise he intends to keep. From dusty border towns to the rugged rise of Raton Pass, he hunts a ghost—always one step behind a killer too fast, too proud, and too eager to carve his name into Western legend. Along the way Reno crosses paths with hard-bitten sheriffs, grieving families, and even Bat Masterson himself, each warning him that this might be the one gunfight he can’t win.
But Reno Gates doesn’t scare. Not when family is on the line.
Driven by love, justice, and an iron will forged over decades of gun smoke, Reno follows the killer’s bloody trail north—toward a final showdown where only one man will walk away.
Some legends are born. Others are hunted down.
If you love gritty frontier justice, breakneck pacing, and heroes who don’t flinch in the face of death, saddle up with .44 CALIBER RETRIBUTION today.
Buy your copy now and ride with Reno Gates into one of the most relentless vengeance quests of the Old West.
Genre: Western
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