The Payroll Heist

By Russell J. Atwater

Inspired by true events.

Some ambushes are planned. Others are betrayal.

When scout Mark Swayne rides point on an Army payroll convoy through High Blood Canyon, his instincts warn him to turn back. Major Brockton refuses.

Minutes later, bullets rain from the cliffs.

The payroll is stolen. A soldier is dead. And someone inside the Army knew exactly where to strike.

Teaming up with Sergeant Lawrence Scott-a man burning for revenge-Swayne uncovers a web of corruption stretching from the powerful Rattlesnake Ranch to the highest ranks of the military.

Gold coins surface in saloons. Witnesses vanish. A lynch mob forms. And every trail leads deeper into a deadly conspiracy.

With two weeks before the Army names a scapegoat, Swayne must ride into Dry Gulch, face hired guns and expose the truth-before he and Scott swing from the gallows.

In a land where justice is bought and honor is cheap, only the fastest gun will decide who lives... and who hangs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GR9DHYTK
• ISBN13: 9798250779463
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"