Gripping Western Action!

A desperate struggle between a manhunter and a vicious outlaw results in explosive consequences.

Title: Bandolero
Author: Lance Howard (Howard Hopkins)
Genre: western
ISBN: 0709070136
Format: Hardcover (Black Horse)
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd.
Publication Date: November, 2001 (available now for pre-order)
Available from: www.amazon.co.uk
Author page: http://members.aol.com/Hhopk15447/page1.htm
Author contact: yingko2@aol.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Robert Hale Limited is proud to announce the publication of Howard Hopkins', writing as Lance Howard, 16th western, Bandolero. This tale of man against man and riveting Wild West grips the reader and never lets go.

The book also touches on themes a modern reader will appreciate: loneliness, courage and the struggle against life's sometimes overwhelming odds and one's inner demons.

From the blurb:

Hell-bent on a spree of murder and mayhem, the infamous Juan Rubio Latorro, El Bandolero, strikes terror into the hearts of the innocent and bathes the West in blood. Unstoppable, he robs and kills with impunity, leaving a trail of broken bodies and destruction in his wake.

Until he kidnaps the daughter of a powerful rancher and gets manhunter Wade Rannigan on his trail, that is.

But Wade Rannigan is a man saddled with a death wish. Haunted by his past, he has become reckless and bitter, plagued by mistakes and foolish risks--the perfect target for a master bandit like Latorro. He soon finds himself locked in a desperate struggle to fulfill his duty and outmaneuver a villain who sees every situation as a game to be won at
all costs. Within days he lies wounded and dying, at the mercy of a beautiful spitfire with a murderous mission of her own.

Can Wade Rannigan overcome the odds and his own failings and bring Latorro to justice? Or will he wind up just another victim of the deadly El Bandolero?