Ashes and Dust — George G. Gilman

GRAVE

On the northern bank of the Rio Grande, Edge witnesses a funeral ...which soon erupts into a scene of savage brutality. A young woman is beaten and raped before a priest and the coffin of her dead father. The attackers then break open the coffin and steal what appears to be sacks of money, leaving the woman to die.

Edge rides in to aid the woman. She berates him for his failure to prevent the desecration of the grave, her ravishment, and the murder of the old priest. Edge vows to help her find the gang. It becomes a relentless chase across the desert to exact vengeance...and recover a dead man's fortune.

EDGE