The Devil's Left Hand

Joseph Milton moved his family out west to escape the horrors of the American Civil War, but found that Big Sky Country was just as deadly as anything back east. The town of Bannack has been overrun by a band of outlaw road agents, the Innocents, who threaten to plunder all the profits of the gold mining town.

After a fateful encounter with the gang, Joseph is torn between a sense of duty to his fellow man and his commitment to his family. After all, Sheriff Henry Plummer has everything covered, doesn't he?

The Devil's Left Hand is a historical fiction Western based on true happenings that occurred in Bannack, Montana during it's time as a part of the Idaho Territory in 1864. If you love the Old West, American history, or are a junkie for thrilling fiction, then this is the short story for you.