A gunslinger, a ranch owner, and a jaded deacon turned outlaw. What could possibly go wrong as three very different lives collide in small town Praytell, Texas?Jacob Roy spends his life catching bad guys for a living, yet the public can't seem to get around his reputation as a killer. Though he prefers to bring in his bounties standing on two feet, many are ignorant enough to test his prowess and end up six feet under. All it takes is an innocent telegram to send him on a quest to test his mettle, right a wrong, and protect something he loves beyond life itself.Jessie North, a tough, god-fearing widow, has one main goal in life. Keep her ranch healthy, closely watch her untrustworthy son, and make it to a new day. Who knew finding an unfamiliar mound of dirt, breaking up a brawl by the bunkhouse, and a trip into town would lead to the unbelievable?Deacon is...well, just Deacon. He sports a black hat, carries a razor blade, and the only thing quicker than his draw is his wits. You'll see.Come watch the sparks fly in this Wild West adventure where the guns are fast, love comes faster, and no one knows who they can trust. David C. Hoke grew up on RoboCop, Die Hard, and Star Wars, and spent years making indie films in Texas - writing, producing, and directing pictures that landed in regional theaters, on television, and on Amazon Prime.When the stories got bigger than the budgets he could raise, he did the only logical thing and wrote them as novels instead.Pistol Jake is his Old West thriller - the moral weight and landscape of a John Ford picture, with the violence and the sex Ford never got to shoot. His sci-fi series Mirov, about a genetically enhanced assassin betrayed by the government that built her, won the BookFest Award and the Reader Views Reviewers' Choice Award and has drawn comparisons to RoboCop, Aliens, and The Hunger Games.His books are bloody, R-rated, and unapologetic. If you came looking for safe and sanitized, you made a wrong turn.He lives in Central Texas with his family, where he'd rather be grilling and watching football than anywhere else on earth.
