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Legacy
Legacy
Legacy
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Legacy

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Outlaw. Bounty hunter. Lawman.

At one time or another, John Holcomb has worn each of these hats. But his violent life extracted a toll. The aches of old wounds can be soothed with a bottle, but no amount of whiskey can dull the pain of losing his wife and son.

Now, years later, the aged gunman is dying, and faced with a stark realization: he has one slim chance to make amends for past failures, and leave something behind for his loved ones.

Holcomb's plan is simple. With the help of his biographer, he will write his memoirs, and record as his legacy the story of his life. Back east, the fabled West is all the rage, and tales of dashing heroes and black-hearted villains are a hot commodity. Publishing his life story could bring in enough money to provide for Molly and Cullen's future—IF it will sell.

Holcomb figures to stack the deck. He's stretched the truth. The heroic life he's revealed to his biographer is built on a base of bull. But though the bulk of his story is fiction, Holcomb is dead certain of one thing: the ending will be a blast, written in gun smoke, blood and thunder.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 21, 2018
ISBN9780463987551
Legacy
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Richard Freeland

I write horror and thriller fiction as well as non-fiction about gardens and landscapes. I'm a fair singer/songwriter, and a family man. I love to travel and hike with my wife Martha, play a little tennis when my bum knees let me, make and sip a great margarita, play on the water with boats, and go on adventures with my two boys. I also love Jekyll Island, Georgia, our home-away-from-home, and have another website devoted just to our adventures on this wonderful island (www.jekyll-island-family-adventures.com). Hope you enjoy my writing, and keep a weather eye out for "Seed", my upcoming novel.

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    Legacy - Richard Freeland

    Legacy

    Richard Freeland

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    Legacy

    John Holcomb leans back and slips a battered brier wood pipe from his suit coat pocket. He digs a pinch of tobacco from a calfskin pouch, and tamps it home with a callused forefinger. There’s no need to hurry. His slat-back chair is comfy, and he has all the time he’s going to have, here in this cool, shadowed bar. Sitting at a card table, his back to the wall.

    Old habits, it seems, die hard.

    Holcomb is a seasoned forty-eight, pared down by adversity and illness. He feels older. He has survived more shooting scrapes than any man has a right to, and sports the scars to prove it. But a bum knee—the result of a misunderstanding with a skittery horse—bothers him most. A bone-deep ache constantly announcing its presence.

    In the long run, it won’t matter. The cancer eating his innards will kill him soon enough, and he’ll be done with pain.

    He touches off a lucifer with his thumbnail and stokes the bowl with

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