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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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First published in Great Britain by Collins 1974
Copyright © Devoran Trustees Ltd 1974
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Dedication
To Mary Marcelle
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
THE CHARACTERS
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
Keep Reading
About the Author
By Alistair MacLean
About the Publisher
THE CHARACTERS
JOHN DEAKIN
COLONEL CLAREMONT
COLONEL FAIRCHILD
GOVERNOR FAIRCHILD
MARICA FAIRCHILD
MAJOR OȧBRIEN
NATHAN PEARCE
SEPP CALHOUN
WHITE HAND
GARRITTY
REV. THEODORE PEABODY
DOCTOR MOLYNEUX
CHRIS BANLON
CARLOS
HENRY
BELLEW
DEVLIN
RAFFERTY
FERGUSON
CARTER
SIMPSON
BENSON
CARMODY
HARRIS
CAPTAIN OAKLAND
LIEUTENANT NEWELL
A Gunman
US Cavalry
Commandant of Fort
Humboldt
The Governor of Nevada
The Governorȧs niece and
the daughter of Colonel
Fairchild
The Governorȧs Aide
US Marshal
A villain of some note
Chief of the Paiutes
A gambler
Chaplain elect for
Virginia City
US Army Doctor
Engineer
Cook
Steward
US Army Sergeant
Brakeman on train
A trooper
US Army Telegraphists
Three minor villains
Passive but relevant
The following bears very closely on the choice of 1873 as the date for this story.
CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH 1855-75 COMSTOCK LODE DISCOVERED 1859 DISAFFECTED NEVADA INDIANS ACTIVE 1860-80 NEVADA BECAME STATE 1864 UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY BUILT 1869 BONANZA DISCOVERED 1873 CHOLERA IN ROCKIES 1873 DEVELOPMENT OF FIRST WINCHESTER REPEATERS 1873 UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA (ELKO) ESTABLISHED 1873 DISASTROUS FIRE IN LAKEȧS CROSSING (WHICH BECAME RENO IN 1879) 1873NB. It might appear odd that a US Army relief mission should be sent to attend a cholera outbreak, but this is not so: the State of Nevada Health Service was not established until 1893.
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