Well . . things are coming to a head in Blackwater. Mister Trotter and Captain Lord are trying to decide what to do about the massacre that happened lately here. Basically they're going to put the town under marshall law, trying to draw out the killers. They're convinced that it's some of Blackwaters men, and that they're hiding in the hills. Colonel Redd doesn't agree with that assessment though. And as they're going around taking the town-folks weapons, from the rage of Foley, and his accent, I'm guessing it was him and some of the other soldiers that killed all those people. Racism was a pretty powerful weapon back then. It still is now, actually. But, back then, we were dealing in a lawless part of the country. Meanwhile, Ruth is still in the cave with Wes' body. She knows he's dead. But she hasn't admitted it to herself yet. But she does know that Mister Punch was involved in it, so she takes out her anger on him. Also, in another part of the hills, Atticus is getting ready to head in to town, when one of the girls makes a comment about some of the things one of the guys said when they were killing all those people. From the accent she mimics, he makes the connection to Foley. When he gets to town, he gets the drop on Foley and has him step in to the hangman's noose. But then some of the local kids get involved and start throwing rocks at Atticus. This starts a melee. Captain Lord is watching from the window, and Ruth is getting ready to come down from the hills. She's loaded with guns and dynamite. It's getting ready to hit the fan . . . literally. I love the cover by Mario Frusin. But I'm not to thrilled with the interior work by Werther Dell'edera. I know they want it to have that old, simplistic look. Like the old westerns. But . . I just don't like it. However, Brian Azzarello's story is fantastic. I think this guy is definitely under-appreciated. But overall, a really nice book. Especially for a western.
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