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The year 1969: The hippie scene is vibrant in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Long-haired teenagers roam the streets, strumming guitars and preaching about peace and love...and Tony Costa is at the center of it all. To a certain group of smitten young women, he is known as Sire—the leader of their counterculture movement, the charming man who speaks eloquently and hands out hallucinogenic drugs like candy. But beneath his benign persona lies a twisted and uncontrollable rage that threatens to break loose at any moment. Tony Costa is the most dangerous man on Cape Cod.

Seit den 1980er-Jahren kursieren unzählige Gerüchte über okkulte Aktivitäten und möglicherweise übernatürliche Phänomene in einer kleinen Region in Summit County, Ohio – auch Helltown genannt. Da ist die Brücke, auf der man nachts Kinderschreie hören kann, Straßen, die ins Nichts zu führen scheinen, oder ein alter Schulbus, in dem angeblich ein Serienkiller mehrere Kinder tötete. Am bekanntesten aber ist die weiße Kirche im Zentrum von Helltown – an der verstörenderweise mehrere umgekehrte Kreuze prangen. Eine Gruppe von Freunden macht sich auf, den Legenden von Helltown nachzuspüren.

One of the best-selling Western writers of all time, William W. Johnstone established three of the genre’s most enduring characters in Matt and Smoke Jensen and their stalwart friend Preacher. In Helltown Massacre,, the family Jensen lands squarely in the crosshairs of a railroad tycoon trying to run the iron horse through Paiute territory. To protect the land, three honest men will face half a hundred hired guns—impossible odds, unless you’re a Jensen.

A woman and an iron horse put Matt Jensen in the crosshairs of a man out to reap a fortune with a new railroad through Paiute land. First, Cyrus Longacre steals the land. Next, he frames Matt Jensen for the murder of a beautiful woman. The final step is to keep Matt’s father and grandfather far away from Nevada Territory.... Preacher and Smoke are otherwise engaged — until some hired killers get their attention. Suddenly, the elder Jensens have a hunch young Matt is in trouble and together they’re riding to Paiute country.