Spur Award
2005 · Mass Market Paperback Novel · Winner
About This Book
Hard Luck Yancey earned his moniker the hard way: getting swindled out of the fortune he earned on a high, windy ridge in the San Juan Mountains. But losing a silver mine and the town he founded hasn't stopped him. Now, he's made an astounding discovery--of black, Telluride gold--right beneath a Sisters of Charity miner's hospital. Yancey knows he must get ready: it won't be long before someone tries to steal this motherlode, too.
...Makes For Harder Justice
With only a bunch of nuns on his side--and maybe just a little luck--Yancey's going up against a gang of scheming, vicious mining barons who have already stripped the silver from the mountain and desperately need another payday--any way they can get it. Bad breaks, bad timing, and bad men have made Yancey smart, hard, and ready for a fight. And if there's one thing he's learned in the mountains, it's that when the silver goes, and the gold comes, the shooting won't be far behind...
...Makes For Harder Justice
With only a bunch of nuns on his side--and maybe just a little luck--Yancey's going up against a gang of scheming, vicious mining barons who have already stripped the silver from the mountain and desperately need another payday--any way they can get it. Bad breaks, bad timing, and bad men have made Yancey smart, hard, and ready for a fight. And if there's one thing he's learned in the mountains, it's that when the silver goes, and the gold comes, the shooting won't be far behind...
