Unholy
by Christopher Davis
A cantina gunfight along the highway sees Dan Bardwell get the outlaw that he is after. Riding south from the border town with the dead man tied over the unsaddled spare horse, the lawman makes camp in the desert for the night. Awakened by a terrible hum, the unholy roam under a blood moon. The Sacramento lawman fights them off until his bullets run out and survives the ordeal, but barely.Three days later, a Benedictine monk named Francisco finds the lawman lying face down in the sand outside of a forgotten mission.With the help of the great spirit—Ahote—the monk is able to get the dying lawman to help and remains at the lawman's side until...If you enjoy this Dan Bardwell western...look for Scratches and Ain't No Law in California