The Floating Outfit 51

‘Ole Devil’ Hardin might be stuck in a wheelchair after being crippled in a riding accident, but that wasn’t going to stop him from being a major force in Texas. And to help him, he had his ‘hands and feet’—five of his floating outfit, the elite of an excellent crew. Fast with their guns, possessing special skills to help with any situation, they were a force to be reckoned with.

One of the five looked so insignificant that people wondered why he belonged to the elite five—but when the chips were down and danger threatened, they soon found out.

Trail boss, town taming lawman, cowhand second to none, his name was … Dusty Fog!

J. T. Edson was a former British Army dog-handler who wrote more than 130 Western novels, accounting for some 27 million sales in paperback. Edson’s works - produced on a word processor in an Edwardian semi at Melton Mowbray - contain clear, crisp action in the traditions of B-movies and Western television series. What they lack in psychological depth is made up for by at least twelve good fights per volume. Each portrays a vivid, idealized “West That Never Was”, at a pace that rarely slackens.