Ryder’s been to hell before—this time, he might not come back.

A chain gang. A desert. No law. No mercy.
Another gritty, standalone Western from bestselling author Wyatt Steele.

Wrongfully imprisoned, Ryder was just passing through.
Then the prison convoy was ambushed in the middle of the desert.
Now he’s shackled to killers—and the only way out is through hell.

They chained him to murderers.
They marched him across the desert like a dog.
They thought that would be the end of Ryder.

They were wrong.

After being falsely accused and thrown onto a prison wagon convoy bound east, Ryder finds himself shackled to a group of desperate men. But when the convoy is ambushed in a narrow canyon, the guards are slaughtered and only a handful of prisoners survive.

Still bound, low on water, and hunted by whoever staged the ambush, Ryder and the others are forced into the desert. Among them are a cold-blooded killer, a fraudulent preacher quoting scripture, a bitter ex-soldier, and a half-dead man who might be the only one worth saving.

But trust is scarce, and the desert doesn’t forgive.

As the sun scorches and men start dying, Ryder knows it’s only a matter of time before the real danger isn’t thirst or heat—but the men beside him.

There’s no law out here. No second chances.

And if Ryder’s going to make it out alive, he’ll have to decide: who lives, who dies—and what kind of man he wants to be when the chains come off.

Brutal, atmospheric, and unflinching, Ryder: Curse of the Gunfighter is a powerful Western tale of survival, justice, and the cost of walking the hard road.

Perfect for readers of C. J. Petit, William W. Johnstone, and the classic grit of Elmore Leonard.

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