George, a malformed and crippled boy, finds his world turned upside down when he is taken from the safety of the farm where he lives with his mother. After being forced to join in a bank robbery in which a woman and child are killed, he, along with the other outlaws, becomes a fugitive and is coerced into joining them when they hide out in a box canyon. When one of the outlaws forces a woman they have kidnapped, into a log cabin with the intention of raping her, George comes to her rescue and kills the outlaw. The woman and boy then find themselves under siege from the rest of the desperados who have vowed revenge. Without food or water they find that they must dig into reserves of endurance and fortitude they did not realise they even possessed. Can they hold out until the posse, the members of which, have run into troubles of their own, arrives, before they either die of thirst or at the hands of the outlaws?
About the Author: Ken Coleman was born in England. An avid reader and a teller of stories from a very early age, he developed a vivid imagination and would often tell stories to his siblings and friends which he was able to make up as he went along. However after leaving school, he lost his way slightly and drifted from job to job, often found himself at odds with the law. At age 18 he decided to find a new direction and after a lot of soul searching, joined the Royal Navy and served 9 years during which time he saw much of the world and was called into action during the Icelandic fishery wars and again in the Far East, protecting Philippine traders from Indonesian pirates. After leaving the Navy, he became a trucker and spent many lonely hours on the road where his imagination kept his mind active by working on plots for stories. He was also a keen sportsman and most of his spare time was taken up playing football, squash and golf as well as his main love, reading westerns which he had developed a liking for from a very early age. When he became too old to play football or squash, but not golf, he began to write short stories as well as poetry, some of which were published in the local newspaper. He even tried his hand at writing a novel which was hand written in pencil on lined paper. However, it wasn't until computers became more accessible and research became easier with the advent of sites like Google and Wikipedia where one was able to undertake extensive research, that he became more active in his novel writing and because self-publishing was becoming easier, he published his first serious novel, "The boy with the 40 year old brain." However, Historical Western Adventure and Western Romance were his first love. It was only later, after several vacations to America, where he and his wife travelled extensively through the United States, that he became confident of writing a historical western book and after his third trip to America, he took up the task. His first western novel was called, 'Revenge and Chameli Gonzales," which came out on Amazon Kindle to many 5 star reviews and sold nearly 2,000 copies in the first 2 months. This gave him the incentive to write a sequel, "Cheyenne Dawn," which was also given very many positive reviews. Three more sequels followed in the series which were gratefully received by the followers of these stories. Ken has now written his seventh novel in the genre, "The Ballad of Georgy Blue" which is published in book form and Kindle