David Robbins© 2015



“The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones.”                   THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR                   Act III, Scene II.            William Shakespeare

Any “Willy S’ fans here, as a gentleman by the name of McNair might say? JULIUS CAESAR ranks up there in my top three along with HAMLET and, ‘natch’, ROMEO AND JULIET.
In light of recent world events---some might say ‘perpetual world events’---the above quote hasn't lost any of its currency. I used part of it for the title of my newest Western.
The story revolves around an act of hideous villainy, and the repercussions of that vile deed a decade and a half later. Evil leaves scars, and none sear deeper than in the heart and soul of a child. [My last Western, in case you missed it. A woman from back East takes over a ranch after her father dies, and is pitted against the last person she'd expect---her own sister.]
Tyree Johnson is only 15 but he’s going around the West after outlaws with the highest bounties on their heads. Some might regard him as an uppity kid too big for his britches. But there’s more to Tyree than anyone knows. He refuses to let evil scar him and get away with it. For Tyree, it's an eye for an eye, a life for a life.
Along the way he hooks up with a lawman whose idea of enforcing the law is to get along with everyone, good or bad. Throw in a gun hand trying to escape his past, and you have a trio of would-be avengers swept up in the maelstrom of the evil that men do.
If you’re looking for a tale chock full of drama, action and more than a little humor,THE EVIL MEN DO is for you. :)
[Another Western of mine, due out in September. A confidence man bites off more than he counts on when he impersonates a lawman.]