Fires of Fate

Bud Conley's fall from Mounted Police duty sends him hurtling into the lawless borderland of Kingsburg, where smugglers, rustlers, liquor-runners, and murderers move in the shadow of Monk Magee's suspicious hotel. Humiliated by a drunken scandal tied to Marie Beaudet, Bud knows he was framed, but the evidence—his own revolver, a missing gun, and whispers of guilt—threatens to destroy his name and the love of Norah Clarey. As Inspector Grandon and Henderson struggle to untangle the violence, stolen money, broken safes, and the bodies of McKay and Cree George point to a deeper conspiracy. Joe Burgoyne, Marie's reckless suitor, is drawn into the investigation, while old Louis Beaudet stands armed and furious over his daughter's injury and the theft from his store. Bud, stripped of his badge but not his pride, rides toward Kingsburg in storm and anger, only to wake trapped in a locked cabin, guarded by hostile captors and forced to rely on his grit, wit, and stubborn courage. In a world where loyalty is tested and every clue breeds suspicion, he must uncover the truth before the outlaws finish what they started. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.