The Ghost's Locket (Lone Writer Phantasia)

By Larry E. Heck

The Ghost's Locket: A "Wild West Thriller!" Gun slinging US marshals pursue a band of cutthroat raiders while being distracted by a ghost intent on reuniting her son with an ancient family heirloom. Billy Bounty and Anne Davis collide with Simpson's Raiders. Their only hope for survival is the supernatural interference of a mother's ghost. It's a Wild West Tale Like No Other.Masterfully crafted by Larry E Heck, 'The Ghost's Locket' is a compelling, intricate tale of tenacity, set at a time when outlaws ruled the territories and bounties on their heads attracted people seeking the reputation for fastest gun in the west. In the ultimate display of human resilience, Heck's adventure will satisfy the thirsts of anyone who has ever wanted to strap on a Colt pistol and take on cold blooded killers on their own turf.Castle Rock, Colorado -While many authors use their fiction novels to simply test the literary waters, Larry E Heck is rapidly proving that each title offered is another opportunity to rival the best-sellers. In fact, Heck is bucking all trends with gusto. His creation, 'The Ghost's Locket" follows, "Maids of Merr."Synopsis:After the civil war ended, a band of Confederate renegades refused to surrender and took on the task of murdering anyone who did not support their beliefs. They became known as Simpson's Raiders and became well-funded by stealing from their victims. Brack Simpson, declared by many as the fastest man alive with a pistol, led the pack by force.The raiders became hunted everywhere and bounties on them rose to levels previously untested. Pursued by the Union Army and law enforcement they moved farther west. They rode into a sleepy town called Trinity with guns blazing. They burned much of the town, killed dozens of innocent citizens, and took everything of value.When Billy Chambers returned from a cattle drive, he found his foster parents buried, his home burned, and his town picking up the pieces. He began a one-man mission to track down Simpson's Raiders. He began seeking those who had strayed from Simpson's protection. It took four years to kill three and take five more to Omaha to face the hangman's noose. He was becoming a wealthy person collecting bounties. Simpson's raiders named him Billy Bounty.Billy was a haunted man. A woman came to him frequently in his dreams. She was freezing to death in a storm. She was holding a baby but kept showing him a locket. She provided one clue after another in his dreams with the intent of directing him to the place where the locket had been abandoned.When Billy took his tenth prisoner to Judge Masters in Omaha, he was offered the position of US Marshal by contract. His sidekick was to be a quick draw marshal named Anne Davis. Their first assignment was to visit Coyote Hill to search for a marshal who went there to investigate another raid. Billy had two unconnected sources directing him to the same town.When he and Anne arrived in Coyote Hill, they found seven members of Simpson's Raiders lingering behind after the raid. The two marshals confronted the seven outlaws in a blazing barroom gunfight.From that moment forward, the marshals were hot on the trail of Simpson's Raiders. When they caught the gang, they were badly outnumbered until the ghost evened the odds."My goal from the outset was to stir into a cocktail all of the fantasy hallmarks readers thrive on, while writing something entirely fresh that would stand alone in the marketplace," explains Heck. "The book is 100% fiction and capitalizes on readers' desire to escape their own world and live out their wildest fantasies."The book will appeal to those who like fiction with no rules; escapades where characters can take any form and play in boundless settings such as the world of afterlife. With plenty of ideas on my writing table, there's many more adventures to come.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152124636X
• ISBN13: 9781521246368
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"