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Joe O’Brien to czterdziestotrzyletni policjant, który mieszka w jednej z irlandzko-katolickich dzielnic Bostonu. Jest oddanym mężem, dumnym ojcem czwórki dwudziestokilkuletnich dzieci i szanowanym funkcjonariuszem. Joe zaczyna doznawać problemów z koncentracją, nietypowych dla niego wybuchów złości i dziwnych drgawek. Początkowo przypisuje te niepokojące objawy stresującej pracy, ale wraz z ich...

Sixteen In Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to "make his stake for a ranch." Joe May, a starving, overgrown youth, had provided a small service for Hugh Massey, owner of the most famous husky in Alaska, in exchange for a monetary reward. He’d heard that Massey’s life revolved around the dog and it was a chance to murder the man he hated with an undying rage. But...

Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable story "The Stingaree". When Alabama Joe drifted into Fort Anxious, he seemed to be a shiftless, easygoing tramp. But he didn’t fool Stanley Parker. He’d gunned down the notorious Bob Dillman. He’d known that one day Dillman’s outlaw partner would appear to avenge death. The Stingaree was fast on the draw and deadly as a snake....