A Tale of Two Guns by BH Shepherd
Roger Hardin was just a kid from Nowhere. A crackerjack shot and good with his hands, like his father. Roger grew up hearing the legends of The Devil’s Iron and the Wrath of God—two fabled revolvers that changed the course of history in the hands of mythic gunslingers such as One-Eyed Dragan and the Red Marshal. He wasn’t sure they were true until he saw his father murdered by a man carrying the Devil’s Iron. Roger takes his first step to joining this pantheon of pistoleros when he vows to kill that man. His name is Erebus Basilica, known to many as the Prince of Bastards. But vengeance won’t be simple as a showdown at high noon, because Erebus is the leader of the Brotherhood of Blood, the oldest and most feared biker gang in Texas.
A Tale of Two Guns shifts between two time periods. The past follows the bloody trail the legendary guns have left through Texas history, from the death of the cattle drive to the birth of the truck stop town. The guns were carried by both folk heroes like the Man in Black, and notorious outlaws like Drake Church, whom the papers labelled “The Most Dangerous Man in Texas.” In the present (West Texas in the 1990’s), Roger searches for the Wrath of God and assaults Brotherhood operations with the help of his unhinged pal Eddie and his girl Thana—daughter of Erebus Basilica—hoping to destroy the gang for good. But there is a reason the Brotherhood has lasted so long, and despite knowing the history, Roger may still be doomed to repeat it.
Roger Hardin was just a kid from Nowhere. A crackerjack shot and good with his hands, like his father. Roger grew up hearing the legends of The Devil’s Iron and the Wrath of God—two fabled revolvers that changed the course of history in the hands of mythic gunslingers such as One-Eyed Dragan and the Red Marshal. He wasn’t sure they were true until he saw his father murdered by a man carrying the Devil’s Iron. Roger takes his first step to joining this pantheon of pistoleros when he vows to kill that man. His name is Erebus Basilica, known to many as the Prince of Bastards. But vengeance won’t be simple as a showdown at high noon, because Erebus is the leader of the Brotherhood of Blood, the oldest and most feared biker gang in Texas.
A Tale of Two Guns shifts between two time periods. The past follows the bloody trail the legendary guns have left through Texas history, from the death of the cattle drive to the birth of the truck stop town. The guns were carried by both folk heroes like the Man in Black, and notorious outlaws like Drake Church, whom the papers labelled “The Most Dangerous Man in Texas.” In the present (West Texas in the 1990’s), Roger searches for the Wrath of God and assaults Brotherhood operations with the help of his unhinged pal Eddie and his girl Thana—daughter of Erebus Basilica—hoping to destroy the gang for good. But there is a reason the Brotherhood has lasted so long, and despite knowing the history, Roger may still be doomed to repeat it.
Roger Hardin was just a kid from Nowhere. A crackerjack shot and good with his hands, like his father. Roger grew up hearing the legends of The Devil’s Iron and the Wrath of God—two fabled revolvers that changed the course of history in the hands of mythic gunslingers such as One-Eyed Dragan and the Red Marshal. He wasn’t sure they were true until he saw his father murdered by a man carrying the Devil’s Iron. Roger takes his first step to joining this pantheon of pistoleros when he vows to kill that man. His name is Erebus Basilica, known to many as the Prince of Bastards. But vengeance won’t be simple as a showdown at high noon, because Erebus is the leader of the Brotherhood of Blood, the oldest and most feared biker gang in Texas.
A Tale of Two Guns shifts between two time periods. The past follows the bloody trail the legendary guns have left through Texas history, from the death of the cattle drive to the birth of the truck stop town. The guns were carried by both folk heroes like the Man in Black, and notorious outlaws like Drake Church, whom the papers labelled “The Most Dangerous Man in Texas.” In the present (West Texas in the 1990’s), Roger searches for the Wrath of God and assaults Brotherhood operations with the help of his unhinged pal Eddie and his girl Thana—daughter of Erebus Basilica—hoping to destroy the gang for good. But there is a reason the Brotherhood has lasted so long, and despite knowing the history, Roger may still be doomed to repeat it.