C. David Conner

Dust of the Dead C. David Conner

Sonoran Desert, 1538 - Drought drives an Apache tribe to attack their Hopi neighbors for food and water. The peaceful Hopi have no hope to survive except for what magic their shaman can summon from the Kachinas spirits. Saddleback Arizona, 1867 - Dustin DeWind, a worn and saddle-sore drifter, comes to the outskirts of a frontier town when crazed townsfolk attack and try to devour him. No sooner does he find shelter in the fortified saloon with a small group of survivors when a gang of bank robbers ride into town, guns blazing. The Sumbitch Gang is unprepared when the people they shoot don't die. Only three escape and make their way to the safety of the saloon. Dustin soon discovers he and the leader of the gang, Roy Subich, have a blood feud with one another. Can Dustin survive against a man inside the saloon who wants to kill him and undead townspeople outside hungry for flesh?