Hawk 13, page 12
The gunfighter turned away, going back inside the hotel.
There was no point to staying longer in Santa Rosa.
The clouds were building higher as he rode up to the Benson spread, great soaring walls of dark gray tumbling across the sky, sweeping closer with each passing hour. There were three crosses set in three fresh mounds of soil and Martha Benson was arranging bedraggled-looking flowers around them She rose wearily to her feet as he halted.
‘It’s finished,’ he said. ‘They’re all dead.’
She nodded, not speaking.
He dropped a sack at her feet. It contained the money Sweeney had paid him.
‘You saved my life,’ he murmured. ‘I owe you.’
Then he turned his horse away and rode off in the direction of Tucson. Behind him, the cloud banks swirled closer and heavy droplets of rain began to stud the dry prairie. By the time Hawk was gone from sight, the Little Mosby was beginning to fill up.
The woman watched the water rise. Watched the flowers on the three graves get beaten down. Felt the cool water on her face, mingling with her tears.
‘Too late,’ was all she said.
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William S (Stuart). Brady is the pseudonym for the writing team
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Angus Wells was a British writer of genre fiction, including fantasy and, most famously, westerns. In addition to a few standalone novels written under his own name, Wells wrote under numerous pseudonyms, including Andrew Quiller (The Eagles), James A. Muir (Breed), Charles R. Pike (Jubal Cade), William S. Brady (Hawk and Peacemaker), Charles C. Garrett (Gunslinger), Richard Kirk (Raven), J. B. Dancer (The Lawmen) and Ian Evans.
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John Harvey is a former English and drama school teacher. Since 1975, he has been a professional writer with something in excess of 100 published books to his credit. Harvey’s genre fiction appeared under both his own name and the pseudonyms John J McLaglen (Herne the Hunter), William S. Brady (Hawk and Peacemaker), J. D. Sandon (Gringos), J. B. Dancer (The Lawmen), L. J. Coburn (Caleb Thorn) and William M. James (Apache).
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By William S. Brady
The Hawk Series
The Sudden Guns
Blood Money
Death’s Bounty
Killing Time
Fool’s Gold
Blood Kin
Gates of Death
Desperadoes
The Widowmaker
Dead Man’s Hand
Sierra Gold
Death and Jack Shade
Killer’s Breed
Border War
Killer!
The Peacemaker Series
Comanche!
Outlaws!
Whiplash!
Lynch Law!
Bloodrun!
War-Party!
One Thousand Dollar Death
The Lost
Shoot-out
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HAWK 13: KILLER’S BREED
By William S. Brady
First published by Fontana Books in 1982
Copyright © 1982, 2025 by William Stuart Brady
This electronic edition published May 2025
Names, characters and incidents in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons living or dead is purely coincidental. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by means (electronic, digital, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
This is a Piccadilly Publishing Book / Text © Piccadilly Publishing
Series Editor: Chris Haynes
Published by Arrangement with the Author’s Estate.
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