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Dark Canyon
First published 1963
Gaylord Riley has spent years riding with outlaws, but he wants a lawful life and a ranch of his own. Leaving the gang behind proves harder than expected: old associations follow him, and accusations of rustling and murder threaten to make his attempt at reform look like another deception.
Riley’s struggle is shaped by a frontier society in which reputation can become evidence and former companions may be more dangerous than open enemies. The novel centres on whether a man formed by violence can escape the identity others have assigned him, while the cattle country around him offers both the possibility of independence and the constant risk of being dragged back into outlaw life.
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