Some Die Young
By (Author) William W Johnstone
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Thorndike Press
Thorndike Press
1st January 2025
Large Print Edition
United States
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
Historical fiction
Hardback
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
They call him The Man from Waco. Jailed for a crime he didnt commit. Freed by the judge who locked him up but needs his protection. Hunted by a rival who wants them both dead . . .
Everyone deserves a second chance. Even someone like John Bannack. He took the fall for his bank-robbing brother. Served time in a Texas State Prison. And saved the life of Judge Wick Justice when their prison wagon was ambushed. The judge was so gratefuland so impressed by Bannackhe decided to release the hard-fighting man from Waco and employ him as his own private bodyguard. And personal avenger . . .
It's an offer Bannack cant refuse. But freedom isnt freeand working for Justice is no picnic. Turns out the judge has an awful lot of enemiesboth inside and outside the lawand most of them want him dead. The worst of the bunch is a rival judge named Raymond Grant, who hates everything Justice stands for. Especially his newly freed ex-con bodyguard. Grant wants to put Bannack behind bars again. He has the law on his side, the hatred in his heartand the deadliest hired guns money can buy. Even so, Bannack doesnt scare easily. But when the shooting starts, the bullets flyand Death comes for Justicethe Man from Waco will know the true face of fear . . .
William Wallace Johnstone (1938-2004), born in southern Missouri, was a prolific American author, mostly of Western, horror, and survivalist novels. He began writing in 1970 but had his first novel, The Devil's Kiss, published in 1979. After his death, it was announced that a carefully selected author had been chosen to carry on his legacy. J. A. Johnstone is continuing William W. Johnstone's series. J. A. Johnstone is an author who cowrote numerous novels with William W. Johnstone, a prolific author of Western, horror, and survivalist novels. After William W. Johnstone's death in 2004, J. A. Johnstone was chosen to carry on his legacy.