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    Unholy
    Unholy
    Unholy
    Ebook22 pages17 minutes

    Unholy

    By Christopher Davis

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    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

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristopher Davis
    Release dateJun 24, 2017
    ISBN9781370643691
    Unholy
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    Christopher Davis

    Christopher Davis is a central California native and grandfather of three rambunctious little ones. When not tending the herd, he's writing crime, western and horror fiction. His work has been published in both the US & England.

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      Unholy - Christopher Davis

      Unholy

      Copyright 2017 by Christopher Davis

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      This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only.  This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people.  If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient.  If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return and purchase your own copy.  Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Disclaimer: The persons, places, things, and otherwise animate or inanimate objects mentioned in this story are figments of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to anything or anyone living (or dead) is unintentional. The author humbly begs your pardon. This is fiction, people.

      Unholy

      Blowing sand peppered bubbled glass windows across the room. Outside, the night was black from the dust storm moving through this part of the country. It hadn’t rained in a generation or more and there was little vegetation to hold the topsoil together any longer.

      The stub of one tallow candle flickered atop a small table. Shadows from the flame danced across

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