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Dick Gale, a rich man's son, ventures into Casita, a stinking, sun-baked town rife with gambling and corruption. There he encounters a golden miner's doom: the ruthless rebel Rojas, who has stirred revolution and seized women like trinkets. With his old friend Thorne entangled in love, Gale faces Rojas in a brutal one‑on‑one duel on the parched desert cliffs, each battle a gamble for survival and justice. The story captures the brutality and high stakes of life on the frontier, where adventure mates with alienation, and survival hinges on a single decision.
Dick Gale's quest for adventure leads him to confront not only Rojas's tyranny but also the underworld of corruption that has turned Casita into a brutal barter of wealth and revenge. In the bleak desert, a lone drifter turns against a fearless rebel, risking everything to stay alive in an unforgiving landscape of conflict, gold greed, and aggressive justice.
First publish date: 1913
Genre: Western Fiction/Western Adventure
Authors: Zane Grey
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