In the Wild West, gunslingers populate the legend of many a dime novel. And Renn knows her way around a gun—and a book—better than most of them, including her famous brother, who can credit his skills to Renn. So, when the strange little men show up looking to hire her missing-in-action brother, Renn takes the job. And she soon realizes she'll need every bit of her gun skills and book learning to finish it."Rusch is a great storyteller."—RT Book ReviewsKristine Kathryn Rusch's stories have appeared in a variety of genres under a variety of names. She writes as Kris DeLake, Kristine Grayson, and Kristine Dexter in romance, Kris Nelscott in mystery, and uses her own name, Kristine Kathryn Rusch in science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Usually she claims all of her short stories, although sometimes she wonders the wisdom of that, despite all the awards and best-of-the-year collections her stories have acquired.