TY - BOOK AU - Johnstone, William W., AU - Johnstone, J. A., TI - Shawn O'Brien, town tamer SN - 9780786032631 (paperback) U1 - 813.54 23 KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - West (U.S.) KW - Fiction KW - Western stories KW - gsafd N1 - "Pinnacle western"--Spine N2 - Unlike his brothers Jacob, Sam and Patrick, Shawn O'Brien isn't content to settle down on the family ranch in New Mexico territory. With his razor-sharp eye, lightning-fast draw, and burning thirst for justice, Shawn is carving out a reputation of his own. As a town tamer he takes the most dangerous, lawless towns in the West and makes them safe for decent men, women, and children. When a stagecoach accident leaves Shawn stranded in Holy Rood, Utah, it doesn't take long to realize he has landed in one ornery circle of hell. Ruled by a cruel and cunning crook-turned-merciless dictator named Hank Cobb, Holy Rood is about as unholy a place as any on the frontier. Anyone who breaks Cobb's rules is severely punished. Anyone who defies Cobb's hooded henchmen dies by rope, stake, or guillotine ER -