Legendary national bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone return with a new installment in the rip-roaring, gun-blazing Chuckwagon Trail series.

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE MEN STAKE THEIR CLAIMS.

A chuckwagon cook whos also deadly with a pair of six-shooters, Dewey Mac Mackenzie is a man who has no qualms filling mens bellies with foodor lead. Finally cleared of a crime he didnt commit, hes able to enjoy the fruits of his labor on the trail without looking over his shoulder. But even his best served grub can be spoiled by those with evil appetites . . .
 
TOO MANY COOKS

After traversing California from one end to the other, and finding nothing much to his liking, Mac Mackenzie is heeding his hearts call to return to Texas. Lucky for him, a group of cowboys heading for the Lone Star state need someone who knows their way around a chuckwagon. Their previous cooks temper boiled over during a saloon brawl and ended up in jail. With no love for the cookor his foodthe cowboys just want to head home peaceably, share some quality meals with good company, and give their boss the small fortune theyre carrying from the herd they sold.
 
Otis Bradley knows hes no gourmet, but thats no excuse for his fellow cattlemen to leave him rotting behind bars. He still earned his share of the payroll for this time on the trailand after befriending outlaw Stack Ketchum, Otis has a gang of gunfighters ready to dish out some revenge in exchange for the loot. But Otis and Ketchums badmen havent reckoned with the likes of Mac, a man who will settle their hashraw and bloody . . .

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