Ransom (Paperback)

'Brett Mckay, a cowboy drifter, saves a rich Texan saloon owner from a stage coach hold up. As a way of payment she gives him the job of delivering a ransom to the governor of a border Mexican province, the ransom, is to save her former partner, a gun runner, from being hanged. On the way Brett clashes with Juano, a Mexican bandit controlling the border, who learns of the ransom and seeks to steal it. In the course of his journey he has various adventures and rescues Maria, a rancher's daughter, from Juano's clutches. In the climax to the story there is a final showdown and shoot out in the capital of the province with Brett facing the governor and Juano.