If Jubal Cade hadn't wanted so badly to track down the man who murdered his wife, he probably would never have ventured into the mountains in such weather. Probably would never have found a couple of lovers crucified on a tree, or been taken by the crazed Ezekiel to the weird lost valley which the iron rule of a fierce religion dictated that he should never leave alive … But he did want to find the murderous Kincaid, and he had found the valley. Now, if he wanted to live, he would probably have to kill. Terry Harknnett and Angus Ian Wells were British writers of genre fiction, who wrote under the name of Charles R. Pike (Jubal Cade). Raised in a Chicago foundling home, Jubal Cade went to England to learn medicine and returned to his native land with a wife and a dream.But a cruel world sets little store by dreams and as Jubal moved westwards he found himself on a killing trail. Violence stalked him every foot of the way and sudden death lurked close to every campsite. The harsh reality of flying fists and whining bullets shattered the dream and Jubal was forced to acknowledge the truth about himself.With sparkling white snow stained by the ghastly red of blood, the final tattered remnants of the dream were ripped away-although he had been taught to heal, his destiny was to kill

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