Outlaw's Code

by Max Brand

Lawrence Grey is called El Diablo -- the devil -- though he's fair-haired and has a boyish grin. But no jail can hold him, and some swear that he is the fastest gun alive. Both sheriffs and outlaws get out of his way when he comes to town. Yet everyone has Grey pegged as a goner when he agrees to ride to Mexico to track down Johnny Ray, a man who has been missing for fifteen years. Ray is now the heir to a large fortune -- but there's a reward of $50,000 for Grey, dead or alive, offered by those who want to keep Ray from surfacing. Three men have already disappeared while looking for Johnny Ray. But the grinning blond El Diablo knows no fear and fears no enemy. He rides on . . .

Genres: Westerns

254 pages, Library Binding

First published October 1, 1980

About the author

Frederick Schiller Faust (see also Frederick Faust), aka Frank Austin, George Owen Baxter, Walter C. Butler, George Challis, Evin Evan, Evan Evans, Frederick Faust, John Frederick, Frederick Frost, David Manning, Peter Henry Morland, Lee Bolt, Peter Dawson, Martin Dexter, Dennis Lawson, M.B., Hugh Owen, Nicholas Silver

Max Brand, one of America's most popular and prolific novelists and author of such enduring works as Destry Rides Again and the Doctor Kildare stories, died on the Italian front in 1944.

Reviews

[iasa · Rating 3 out of 5]

No matter what name Frederick Schiller Faust was writing under, it's sure to be a tightly written action packed book and Outlaw's Code is no exception. True, you won't find many surprises; the good guys will win and get the girl, even if one has to be hoisted into the last few pages but that's exactly what I want. Good old fashioned horseflesh, gun battles and winsome women!

[Peter Pactor · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great story, well told. I couldn't put the book down.