by Tony Masero
His son Brian left Lodrun to return to college and make a new start with Joline. But the match did not last. Despite extensive counseling and facial surgery, Joline never recovered from the vicious attack she had suffered. Each time she looked in the mirror at her once beautiful face she broke down into bouts of hysteria. Depressed, she eventually parted from Brian and descended into a life of addiction. No subsequent efforts on the young man’s part could bring her around and they finally lost touch. She was last heard of in a woman’s shelter in Austin, Texas.
Jimmy Luke Lethers lost his right arm as a result of his wound but he found a new one in Iris. They moved away and settled in San Francisco where, together with their baby son, they run an arts and crafts gallery.
Deputy Jason Legrand retired from the Lodrun Police Force on disability grounds after partially losing the sight in one eye. He too has left Lodrun, and with his partner Mary Little Doe lives and works in Montana as a security adviser.
Leban Griss serves as town councilor alongside Paul Stoeffel, where he receives a stipend and no longer needs to hunt for rabbit in the woods outside town.
A well-kept grave in the Lodrun cemetery marks the last resting place of little Epsie Links. Alongside are headstones for the others who lost their lives in the aftermath of her murder. Deputies Ayleen Czowski, George Carter and Leroy Banks. Having no other traceable family, a little to one side of these, their fellow combatant, Alex Summersby lies in a well-tended plot donated by the townspeople of Lodrun.
The State Governor ordered a memorial plaque created in respect of the ultimate sacrifice made by these public servants and this has been placed in the State Capitol Building. Its aim is to remind all who work within those hallowed walls that duty and service may extend far further than mere words.
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TONY MASERO
WESTERNS
HARD RAIN MUST FALL * BAD DON’T MEAN WRONG * GRINGO WADE * IN THE DEVIL’S GRIP * SLASHED STAR * WAR RIDER * THE KILLING DESERT * JAKE RAINS * THE RIFLEMEN * THE PURSUED * DIRTY SHIRT BLUES * DEEP WATER RISING * DEATH RIDES ON THE HEELS OF TROUBLE * THE RAID * THE WIDOWMAKER * THE VENGEANCE OF ENDER SMITH * DAMN FOOLS GOLD * BLOOD LEGACY FROM RAT HELL * JOHNNY DOLLAR * MISTER D’EATH AND THE JUDGE * MISTY BLUE (Series) 1: THE LAST MOUNTAIN MAN * MISTY BLUE 2: LOADED FOR BEAR * MISTY BLUE 3: A DOG CALLED KILL * MISTY BLUE 4: WILD IN THE WOODS * DEADLY MANHUNT * FULLBLOOD BOYD OVERMOUNTAIN MAN * BLOOD MOON TRAIL * BELLE SLAUGHTER (4 part Series) * CROSS BORDER KILLERS * PEACE AT WAR * TULANE * MOSE GOES WEST * GO LIGHTLY RIDER * THE HEART OF DARK PASSAGE * THE LEFT EYE GANG * BLOOD RIDDEN * THE BIGGEST WINNER IN THE WEST * THE DEAD CUT * TWENTY DOLLAR DEAD MAN
THRILLERS
(Writing as MICHAEL D’ASTI)
DEAD FALL BACK
BABYCHAIN BLUES
THE GARDENER
A WEB FOR ALL GOD’S ANGELS
BLACK EYE (A Noir Thriller)
THE KHANDA KILLINGS (Crime Novella)
IN THE FRAME
Historical Thrillers
FEED THE CROW
THE BITTER STONES OF INTENTION
Drama
THE DECEPTIVE EYE
MOMENTS OF RECURRENCE
