Jess Williams is an ordinary young boy with a loving family growing up in Black Creek, Kansas. That all changes when he comes home and finds his family brutally murdered.

Forced to become a man overnight, he vows to avenge his family's savage deaths.He begins to practice with his pa's Colt .45 and then a stroke of destiny arrives when he discovers a new pistol and holster that mysteriously appears. Jess practices with it relentlessly until he becomes so quick he is unbeatable on the draw.

He leaves home transformed from a boy to a highly skilled shootist with no reason to live except to hunt down and kill each of the three men responsible for the murders. As he begins his journey, he does so with a pistol and holster that no one has ever seen before - and won't again for almost one hundred years.

"I loved 'The Reckoning!' It was a western novel and yet it was different from the normal westerns I have read before. The Author has me waiting for book two."
   Keith Madden, a reader from Michigan.

"I love the Jess Williams character. Young, tough, deadly and compassionate, all rolled up into one personality. Wow, I can't wait to see what happens next."
   James Elrod.

"One raw, hard-hitting tale of extreme revenge. I could actually feel the main character change as the story progressed. I'm a believer!"
   Eric Lockhart

"The Reckoning is definitely different from other western novels. The Author has found a new avenue in the first book of the series and I can't wait to read 'The Brother's Keeper.'"
   Michael Reddy, Publisher and owner of Immortal Investments.

"That's the way I like my westerns. No holds barred, anything goes! 'The Reckoning' certainly gave me what I was looking for! Four thumbs up for the Author."
   Mark Neal.

"Don't let the prologue of this book fool you. While the Author has woven an interesting twist throughout the story, the book is nothing short of an unforgiving tale of revenge and justice in the old west."
   Tayna Nicely