The Wicked and the Dead

“Each chapter is short, the language lean, the storyline packed with adventure, blazing guns, and dead bodies dropping left and right all over the place. A large cast of Indians, homesteaders, and lawmen pops up along the way without much character development, but the authors weave the lives of the five desperados into an unbreakable bond of loyalty that keeps the story on track. Set during the days when Jesse James was making a name for himself, The Wicked and the Dead has plenty of gun-toting action for fans of genre western fiction.” - Historical Novel Society

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as “the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century.”

J.A. Johnstone learned to write from the master himself, Uncle William W. Johnstone, who began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts or researching his massive American Western History library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts. J.A. worked hard and learned, later going on to become the co-author of William W. Johnstone’s many bestselling westerns and thrillers. J.A. Johnstone lives on a ranch in Tennessee.

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